Hokuriku dialects

Hokuriku Japanese
Native toJapan
RegionHokuriku
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologhoku1242
Hokuriku dialect

The Hokuriku dialect (北陸方言, Hokuriku hōgen) is a Japanese dialect group spoken in Hokuriku region, consists of northern Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, and Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. Mainland Niigata dialect is classified into Tōkai-Tōsan dialect and Tōhoku dialect and southern Fukui dialect is classified into Kansai dialect.

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