A long-awaited television series, which was released in both Mandarin and the Shanghai dialect in late December, has sparked discussions among residents, online viewers and experts over the ...

今回取り上げるのは、「Accent Help - Intro to Accents 1: Idiolect, Dialect, & Accent」という動画です。この動画の話し手であるジム・ジョンソン氏は、ヒューストン大学で音声と方言学で教鞭をとっておられます。 そんなジョンソン氏が、この動画では「アクセント ...

“Thank you” is arigatō in standard Japanese, but go to Osaka and you may hear ōkini instead. Similarly dame, which can mean that something is not allowed, is akan in Japan’s second biggest city, and ...

Japanese is a language surprisingly deep in regional variance. Today, though, standardization threatens dialects across Japan, particularly in tsunami-hit Tōhoku. Japan has a great number of dialects.

"I am proud to be called a Yellowbelly," Loretta Rivett declared in an emphatic voice. By using this slightly puzzling, dialect word Mrs Rivett was showing her pride in coming from Lincolnshire. Her ...