Thursday, July 16, 2009

Tokyo dialect and Osaka dialect

Generally, Japanese use same language, even there’re some differences such as word. But Japanese in south like Okinawa understand the language used by Japanese in north like in Hokkaido.

But according to place where the language developing make some differences. Not only word, but also dialect.

These are some of the differences of Tokyo dialect and Osaka dialect.

Tokyo dialect

Osaka dialect

Mean

Sugoku, Totemo

Meccha, Messa, Bari, Monossoi

Very

Takusan

Yousan, Kyousan

Much, many

Hontou, Maji

Honma

Really

Chigau

Chau

It’s not

Dame

Akan

Don’t

Nasakenai

Hetare

Easy to give up

Jya

Hona

Well, Bye

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