Kishū dialect

Kishū dialect
Wakayama dialect
紀州弁
Kishū dialect area (dark red)
Native toJapan
RegionWakayama Prefecture and southern Mie Prefecture, Kansai
Japonic
  • Japanese
    • Western
      • Kansai
        • Southern
          • Kishū dialect
Dialects
  • Kihoku
  • Kichū
  • Kinan
  • Kitamuro
  • Minamimuro
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

The Kishū dialect (紀州弁, Kishū-ben) is a Kansai dialect of Japanese spoken in the former Kii Province, in what is now Wakayama Prefecture and southern Mie Prefecture. In Wakayama Prefecture, the dialect may also be referred to as the Wakayama dialect (和歌山弁, Wakayama-ben).

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