Global InformationAwaji dialect information
| Awaji dialect | |
|---|---|
| 淡路方言・淡路弁 | |
 Awaji dialect area (dark red) | |
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture |
Language family | Japonic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
The Awaji dialect (淡路方言, Awaji hōgen), also called Awaji ben (淡路弁), is a dialect of Japanese spoken on Awaji Island (which comprises the cities of Sumoto, Minamiawaji, and Awaji) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture. According to the introduction of "Comprehensive Study of the Kinki Region,"[a] a publication of the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), titled "Subgroupings of the Kinki Dialects",[b] the Awaji Dialect straddles the Central (typified by the pronunciation of the mora /se/ as [ɕe], use of the copula =ja, a distinction between the perfect and progressive aspects, and a migration of the monograde verb classes to the quadrigrade class[1]) and Western Kansai dialect regions. The dialect shares many features with the dialects of the cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Wakayama, which is shares the Osaka Bay with, as well as with that of Tokushima Prefecture, which exercised control (as Awa Province) over Awaji Island during the feudal period. On the other hand, it bears little resemblance to the Banshū dialect, spoken right across the Akashi Strait from the island.
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- ^ Japanese Literature: Interpretation and Appreciation. Vol. 19-6, 1954, Minoru Umegaki "The reality of dialects: the Kinki region"[c]