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Hichiku dialect
Japanese dialects of western Kyūshū, Japan
The Hichiku dialect Hichiku hōgen (肥筑方言) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen (肥前), Higo (肥後), Chikuzen (筑前) and Chikugo (筑後), the names of old provinces.
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The Hichiku dialect Hichiku hōgen (肥筑方言) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen (肥前), Higo (肥後), Chikuzen (筑前) and Chikugo (筑後), the names of old provinces. Common characteristics of this group entail among others: -adjectives ending in -ka instead of -i -the ending -u or derivations instead of -ku -copula -bai and -tai -particle -to instead of -no -palatized pronunciation of -se- as -she-
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