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Tokyo dialect

Tokyo dialect
Native toJapan
RegionTōkyō
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologtoky1238
IETFja-u-sd-jp13

The Tokyo dialect (Tōkyō hōgen, Tōkyō-ben, Tōkyō-go (東京方言, 東京弁, 東京語)) is a variety of Japanese language spoken in modern Tokyo. As a whole, it is generally considered to be Standard Japanese, though specific aspects of slang or pronunciation can vary by area and social class.

Yamanote (red) and Shitamachi (blue)

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