Akita dialect

Akita dialect
秋田弁
Akita dialect area.
Native to	Japan
Region	Akita
Language family	Japonic Japanese Eastern Japanese Tōhoku Northern Akita dialect
Dialects	Northern Central Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	akit1240
IETF	ja-u-sd-jp05

The Akita dialect (秋田弁, Akita-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Akita Prefecture.^[1]

The dialect is a member of the Kita-Ōu dialect group within the Tōhoku dialect of Eastern Japanese. Other dialects in the group include dialects spoken in Aomori, north-central Iwate, coastal Yamagata and the Agakita region in Niigata Prefecture.

• Hokubu (northern): Spoken across Kazuno, Kita-Akita and Yamamoto.
• Chūōbu (central): Spoken in Minami-Akita and Kawabe.
• Nambu (southern): Spoken across Senboku, Hiraka, Ogachi and Yuri.

• Matagi dialect