Hichiku dialect
The Hichiku dialect Hichiku hōgen (肥筑方言) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen (肥前), Higo (肥後), Chikuzen (筑前) and Chikugo (筑後), the names of old provinces.
- Hichiku dialect
- Chikuzen dialect (western Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikuzen Province, includes the Hakata dialect of Hakata district in Fukuoka)
- Chikugo dialect (southern Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikugo Province)
- Ōmuta dialect (Ōmuta)
- Yanagawa dialect (Yanagawa)
- Saga dialect (Saga Prefecture)
- Karatsu dialect (northern Saga Prefecture centered Karatsu)
- Tashiro dialect (easternmost Saga Prefecture centered Tashiro)
- Nagasaki dialect (Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Sasebo dialect (northern Nagasaki Prefecture centered Sasebo)
- Hirado dialect (Hirado Island, west of Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Kumamoto dialect (Kumamoto Prefecture)
- Hita dialect (Hita, southwestern Oita Prefecture)
- Iki dialect (Iki Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Tsushima dialect (Tsushima Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Gotō dialect (Gotō Islands of Nagasaki Prefecture)
| Hichiku Japanese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | western Kyūshū |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | hich1237 |
Hichiku dialect area (orange) | |
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