I thought I'd start a discussion on accents and dialects since there doesn't seem to be a thread on this already. Post anything related to Japanese speech variations. The following are some examples:

-Dictionaries
-Videos and other media
-Archives (like this one except in Japanese: http://accent.gmu.edu/)
-Public perceptions of different accents/dialects
-Stereotypes of people who speak in certain accents/dialects
-Random vocabulary words
-Nonstandard grammatical forms
-Personal anecdotes
-Anything else about accents/dialects

If you know anything about Japanese that's not 標準語, or if you know of any resources, feel free to post away!

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http://www.osaka-info.jp/ja/osaka_ben/

http://hougen.u-biq.org/japanese.html
Hokkaido
Sendai
Nagoya
Kyoto
Osaka
Hiroshima
Fukuoka

http://anime-manga.jp/CharacterExpressions/ -> Character dictionary -> Osakan

http://www.kansaiben.com/
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/japanese/kyookotoba/ (Kyoto-ben)
http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Oak...goyago.htm (Nagoya-ben)

(How to talk about chihuahuas in kansai-ben... etc.)

http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu...index.html (short course on osaka-ben, with audio, and standard Japanese/English translations)

Lovely Complex (Anime & Live Action Movie) and the Jarinko Chie (Movie & TV series) are in Osaka-ben.

長崎弁たまらんばい！

mitsusproogi Wrote:長崎弁たまらんばい！

長崎弁ほとんど忘れた･･･勉強せんば！

下関弁辞典
近畿方言 - Wikipedia

here's useful aomori ben:
うんこがでかいんです」＝「うんこがしたいんです」

though I would never use it evne if i was in aomori lol

For kansai there's lots of people on tv like black mayonnaise and more.

関西弁の「～～やんかぁー」「～～やん」について