Yamagata dialect

Yamagata dialect

The nihongo|Yamagata dialect|山形弁|Yamagata-ben is the local dialect in spoken Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It is a form of Tōhoku-ben, and can itself be broken down into sub-regional branches that vary from area to area within Yamagata.

Yamagata-ben was used for comic effect in the Japanese film "Swing Girls", 2004, to suggest that the film was set in a rural, 'backward' location. However, some Yamagata residents feel that the film used the dialect in an unnatural and patronising way. The dialect has also had Japan-wide exposure through Daniel Kahl, an American who has made a TV career as the "gaijin talent" who can speak fluent Yamagata-ben.

List of Yamagata-ben words (not all of which are spoken throughout the prefecture):

*oshoushina - thank you
*oshoshi- thanks
*arigatou sama - thank you
*sasukune - no problem/ you're welcome
*domosu - thank you / greeting
*oban desu - good evening
*oban kata - good evening
*n da - yes
*n ne - no
*jonda - great! skillful!
*igube - let's go
*aibe - let's go
*migi sa muzaru- turn right
*migi sa muziru- turn right
*hidari sa muzaru- turn left
*hidari sa muziru- turn left
*shaikosunna- stop interfering/bothering me
*sawannazu!- don't touch me!
*tentsu- lie
*ke- a statement made to offer one food
*ku- a statement made accepting one's offer of food
*agae/agayae- please eat


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