The is a
Japanese dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that ...
spoken in western
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the ea ...
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The Tsugaru dialect is reputed to be so divergent from standard Japanese for those who are not native speakers, that even people living in the same prefecture may have trouble understanding it.
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ResearchGate mirrorarchive
contains metadata about the presentation. In 1988, fans of the Tsugaru dialect proclaimed October 23 to be . October 23 is the anniversary of the death of
Kyōzō Takagi (
:ja:高木恭造), a famous poet who wrote in the Tsugaru dialect.
In
Tsuruta, there is an annual summer in which teams of foreigners create short skits or performances, usually humorous, using the dialect. In June 2009, a short segment featuring the competition was broadcast nationally on
NHK.
Examples
The words are sometimes very different from those of standard Japanese.
Notes
References
External links
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Tsugaru Dialect Day*
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(
Aozora Bunko) - a Tsugaru-ben short novel by
Osamu Dazai
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Japanese dialects
Culture in Aomori Prefecture
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