Yamagata-ben
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Yamagata-ben (山形弁) 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
- arigatou sama - thank you
- sasukune - you're welcome
- domosu - thank you / greeting
- oban desu - good evening
- oban kata - good evening
- n da - yes
- ikube - let's go
- migi ni muzaru- turn right
- hidari ni muzaru- turn left
- shaikozunna- stop interfering/bothering me
- sawanazu!- don't touch me!
- ke- a statement made to offer one food
- ku- a statement made accepting one's offer of food
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