The Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe) language -- Kansai dialect of Japanese

Last update 2001/10/2

(sorry English only)

For business, study and familiarity with Kansai people!


Are you learning Japanese? Are you interested in Kyoto? But, for example, the language you are learning is not spoken by Kyoto people!

This page describes Kansai(Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe)language spoken in Kansai area of Japan. You can learn Kansai language by the following expression.
If you are worried about understanding Osaka dialect often used in Japanese-anime, this page helps your learning of it.

Notice: These languages are not used in formal documents in Japan and formal conversation in eastern Japan.
You shoud aware of differance between these languages and standard Japanese.
I hope that part of their languages are used formally.


Index

Letters

Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji letters

Pronounciation

Spanish people are familier with than English speaker.

Nouns

Verbs

Verbs terminate with "u" sound.

Adjectives

Adjectives of Kansai language conjugate!

Sub-verbs

Conversation examples

(Under construction)

The rythm of pronumciation of Japanese
The accent of pronumciation of Japanese

The prononciation of "‚ñ" letter.


This page explains Kansai language in a position of these languages which are on the world (not in Japan).

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