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The Kantō dialect (関東方言 kantō hōgen, 関東弁 kantō-ben) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in the Kantō region apart from the Izu Islands.[note 1] The Kanto dialect is including the Tokyo dialect which is the basis of the modern standard Japanese. Along with the Tohoku dialect, it has been characterized by a suffix -be or -ppe; Kanto speakers were called Kantō bei by Kansai speakers in the Edo period. The eastern Kantō dialect has more features common to the Tōhoku dialect. After the Pacific War, the southern Kanto regions such as Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures developed as satellite cities of Tokyo, and today traditional dialects in these areas are almost replaced by standard Japanese.
The Kanto dialects are:
The Hokkaidō dialect is most similar to Standard Japanese because colonists from various regions settled the area, thus requiring the use of standard language in order to facilitate communication. In the Ryukyu Islands, Standard Japanese developed into a dialect known as Okinawan Japanese, which has been influenced by Ryukyuan languages.
Tokyo, Japan, Hokkaido, Greater Tokyo Area, Yokohama
Hiragana, Katakana, Ryukyuan languages, World War II, Altaic languages
Japanese language, World War II, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japonic languages, Ryukyu Islands
United Kingdom, Japan, Beijing, United States, London
Ryukyuan languages, Austronesian languages, Japanese language, Google Books, Altaic languages
Japanese language, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japonic languages, Japanese dialects, Kana
Tōkyō, Japanese language, Japan, Japonic languages, Japanese dialects
Hokkaido, Japanese language, Japonic languages, Hokuriku region, Kana