Hichiku dialect
| Hichiku Japanese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | western Kyūshū |
Language family | Japonic
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | hich1237[1] |
 Hichiku dialect area (orange) | |
The Hichiku dialect (肥筑方言 Hichiku hōgen) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in the 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), names of old provinces in there.
The Hichiku dialect is:
Hakata dialect (western Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikuzen Province, especially Hakata district in Fukuoka)- Chikugo dialect (southern Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikugo Province)
- Ōmuta dialect (Ōmuta)
- Yanagawa dialect (Yanagawa)
- Chikuhō dialect (central Fukuoka Prefecture such as Iizuka)
Saga dialect (Saga Prefecture)
- Karatsu dialect (northern Saga Prefecture centerd Karatsu)
- Tashiro dialect (easternmost Saga Prefecture centered Tashiro)
- Nagasaki dialect (Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Sasebo dialect (northern Nagasaki Prefecture centered Sasebo)
- Hirado dialect (Hirado Island, west of Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Kumamoto dialect (Kumamoto Prefecture)
- Hita dialect (Hita, southwestern Oita Prefecture)
- Iki dialect (Iki Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)
Tsushima dialect (Tsushima Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)- Gotō dialect (Gotō Islands of Nagasaki Prefecture)
References
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hichiku". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
