Tosa dialect
| Tosa dialect | |
|---|---|
| 土佐弁 | |
Tosa dialect area. | |
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | Kōchi, Shikoku |
Japonic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
jpn-koc | |
The Tosa dialect (Japanese: 土佐弁 tosa-ben) is a Japanese Shikoku dialect spoken in central and eastern Kochi Prefecture (former Tosa Province), including Kochi City. The dialect of the Western region of Kochi Prefecture is called the Hata dialect (Japanese: 幡多弁 hata-ben) and is drastically different from the Central and Eastern dialect.