Maruhi Academy: Japanese Dialects

[@ojinavi]

Im sorry but theres many things that are wrong with this vid 1. We normally say 共通語 kyōtsūgo or 標準語 hyōjyungo instead of 共通弁 kyōtsūben 2. 2:37 You cant just randomly combine the endings with the words on the left and expect them to sound natural. Nobody says かまへんや or あかんやねん, also the っす su ending is not really characteristic of a kansai dialect But ay, no hard feelings bro

[@maruhigakuen]

Yea you're absolutely right on the first thing I just didn't care enough to do something about it The second thing though, I was satirizing Osakans cause I've heard them saying those absurd things in all possible combinations

[@maruhigakuen]

Also don't "hard feelings" me ya ass

[@ojinavi]

@@maruhigakuen lol aight

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

I was told by a guy in college about okinawan speak as “as if they are stoned or just not paying attention”

[@van-hieuvo8208]

Referring to Okinawan as a "dialect" is probably one of the greatest pieces of propaganda by the Japanese government. Okinawan languages are not at all intelligible to your typical Japanese person, and not even to each other. I don't see the point of it either, like are they so afraid Okinawa could secede and revive their old kingdom or something?

[@felixb6]

There is an actual Okinawan dialect of Japanese which most young people in Okinawa use, there's also an Okinawan language

[@LowIQsocietymember]

Agree, he probably refers to the Okinawan dialect of Japanese, not the language, which is not the same

[@LowIQsocietymember]

@karaqakkzl There is a ukrainian accent of russian and the Ukrainian language, it's not the same

[@Sylkis89]

Sounds like the situation with Polish and Silesian. Where a lot of Silesians absolutely would want to become independent from Poland and Czechia (or at least have their autonomous regions within each) but of course not all.

[@MatthewZmusician209]

@karaqakkzlused to think this , then I tried learning both and figure out that’s not true at all bro. Just most Ukrainians understand Russian too.

[@CelmaDraws]

I literally do the wojak pointing face whenever Chiba is vaguely mentioned. Being described as a narcissist is true. 💀

[@AkiraUema]

A distinction must be made between Uchinaaguchi (the indigenous Okinawan language that thrived in Okinawa before the Japanese annexation) and Uchinaa-Yamatuguchi (Japanese language spoken in Okinawa). Haisai/Haitai is Uchinaaguchi and it's essentially a Naha expression. "Hajimiti yaa sai" is also Uchinaaguchi. But the usage of "kaerimashou ne" meaning "I'm leaving" is Uchinaa-Yamatuguchi. It has a substratum of uchinaaguchi due to language contact. In pure Uchinaaguchi, it's "keeyabira" and that's the verb form that corresponds to the Japanese "kaerimashou". However, in Uchinaaguchi, besides meaning "let's leave", it's also used to convey the meaning "I am leaving". Okinawans only projected that meaning in the Japanese language that was being forced upon them by the Japanese government.

[@axthghp-ph2yu]

dude you are literally like sam o nella or something but specifically for japanese thank you for existing

[@mallmann72]

My boss is japanese, from Okinawa. When I asked him if he speaks japanese he'd always answer something like "yes, but not really". Now I get it.

[@BrendanishLeo]

My wife was born and raised in Tokyo and always complains that her accent is too boring, and that she wants something like a kansai dialect haha, I just take it to be similar to someone with a standard(?) american accent wanting to sound like a posh british person or to want a southern twang. Haven't seen your work before, but you've got a sub!

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

I can relate. I'm American and I think my English accent is too boring. There are times when I wish it was more urban.

[@impactframes6514]

I’m a native Marylander yet I’ve been told that I sound like I’m from Boston? Not really sure it’s to classify my accent as 😂

[@rvat2003]

I believe you cited the Central Okinawan language, which is not a Japanese dialect, instead of the Japanese dialect that evolved there after Japanese colonization which to be fair, was influenced by the respective Ryukyuan languages. However, I'm not familiar if the Okinawan Japanese dialect uses -sabira endings like Uchinaaguchi (C.Okinawan).

[@maruhigakuen]

Sorry if I misunderstood your comment writing this -My sources are from websites and videos about 「~~弁」. In the video I did use the term "Okinawan" to refer 「沖縄弁」which is my bad cuz it could cause some confusion -Im probably wrong with this (I didn't look it up yet) but sabira is probably like an optional suffix For others reading this, my videos are edited to be broad as possible so people ranging from fools to nerds could enjoy.

[@nickpatella1525]

@@maruhigakuenさびら is likely from しはべらむ (する's renyoukei + volitional form of 侍る) which would directly translate to しましょう

[@phobics9498]

The line separating a dialect and a language is not defined. Arguing about it is total semantics. Like yeah I could say Scots is a dialect of english but the people speaking it really wouldn't like hearing that. You have places like north Africa where if you take two countries next to each other, they most likely understand each other but go another country to the right and they suddenly don't, even though the middle country can understand both. Who is to say what is a dialect of Arabic and what is it's own language when mutual intelligibility shifts based on where you are? Same with Japanese.

[@JoshuaTsukayama-cz9hy]

​@@phobics9498 yeah.... okinawan is just a separate language.

[@phobics9498]

@@JoshuaTsukayama-cz9hy You understood exactly nothing about what I said.

[@aizuni]

Dude I love your channel so much. You’re funny, informative and entertaining all at the same time. You definitely deserve at least 100k subscribers!

[@JorgeBarros100]

Bro, this was pretty cool, thanks for the help bro, hope hearing more cool topics made by you, already subscribed, awesome video ideas🙌🏼🙌🏼👊🏼🤝

[@mckmyutoro]

やねん is used for strengthening the front word (only object other than concepts like “thanks” ) in the conversation! I hope this comment is helpful !

[@partycja24]

Ggreat video! I'd love to know more about the differences between standard vs Kansai dialect, I've been hearing these quite a lot while watching anime 😁

[@illiiilli24601]

Watch summertime render, that's like 69% Kansai ben

[@phobics9498]

@@illiiilli24601 Interesting number. Though isn't the only one not speaking a Kansai dialect Shinpei at the beginning? I wouldn't say it's that low of a percentage

[@crobatgaming5661]

that series is so underrated​@@illiiilli24601

[@greekcomenterperson446]

This man has humor, how is it possible

[@johnc7246]

「攘夷はジョイ」って口を慎むがいい...黒船また来航するで

[@xeriox16]

I don't know why youtube has been waiting 2 whole months to show me your channel but I'm glad it finally did because it's amazing

[@squashbanana]

That outro completely compelled me to subscribe hahaha

[@stboi713]

you're doing a good job! keep up the great work!

[@imstupid880]

I can definitely get behind Sam O'Nella for Japanese

[@sammyumezawa7182]

OH MY GOD LMAOOOOO 攘夷がジョイ HAHAHAHA sneaking katsurap in this video

[@NerdyOnlineRamblings]

I love this video! Its not normal that I comment on videos, but this is genuinely THE content that I want on KZbin - languages from a philological perspective, presented ever so slightly ironically. This probably would be a bit to boring for you to put on your channel, but could you do a video on different genres (or just a single genre) of Japanese literature, and the features peculiar to it (vocab, any funny grammar constructions, etc)? But genuinely, well done, keep up the good work! liked and subscribed.

[@maruhigakuen]

Thank you Mr. 300th subscriber Trust me, I'll keep Japanese literature genres in the back of my head even if it's way out of my specialty

[@NerdyOnlineRamblings]

@@maruhigakuen bro assumes all his viewers are male 💀 (dont worry though I don't hold that against u lmao)

[@9Tensai9]

My favorite accent is the osaka ben. If you think it's a racoon accent then for damn sure I want to be a racoon!!

[@aaronlinks8359]

I was not expecting Zura😂

[@LoganLatios]

japanese with sprinkled in english kinda got a reverse vibe to english with sprinkled in japanese the human resources meme in a nutshell

[@crobatgaming5661]

I like tsugaru dialect they sound so manly kansai is cool too Dialects are more fun than standard language for me

[@splooey2151]

Personally I find the intonation in Osaka to be quite different from a lot of places (for example in かまへん the first mora is high in its intonation)

[@asuka7309]

epic my monotone accent now makes me sound like a country bumpkin in both my native language and japanese

[@Franiuni]

I was really surprised to find out you have less than 1k subs and so few views on your videos while they are really good! Hope your channel grows

[@Loveflowerh]

Please include 博多弁 in part 2 if you make it

[@maruhigakuen]

sounds good

[@ferna5250]

My favorite is Hiroshima dialect, gotta love the bosozoku

[@EggBenis]

lmao i love this channel, epic

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Wow a new banger channel please make more

[@alex12397]

thanks maruhi, love you

[@EKsUrbanTracks]

@05:31 Why would it be cringe to pick a dialect because you like how it sounds? Imagine choosing to learn a language you don't like the sound of! Not only does it help consolidate your knowledge of the standard version of the language by comparing, but it's also a backdoor to understanding regional cultures in a country. There might be nerds fond of etymology, like me who like to understand how the dialect diverges from the standard! People should be encouraged to learn dialects, if only to perpetuate them.

[@maruhigakuen]

I was thinking speaking a dialect out of place would be weird but to each their own I guess

[@MoamenGrain]

あなたの動画 ほんま 面白いっす

[@junlim142]

why is the video so funny😂

[@decrexendo]

There was a recommendation I heard to learn Kagoshima dialect, as they also don't differentiate pitch accent, apparently? It would be cool if you could cover the Kyushuan dialects in that case!

[@TheStickCollector]

If I learn one that isn't Tokyo/standard, then it would be Hokkaido, since that is where I want to go.

[@shadowllght]

As a Osaka native, you did sound like the average Japanese from 関東 trying to speak 関西弁, absolutely butchering the pitches and sounding really weird. 💀 But maybe thats part of the magic

[@Quixote3]

Nobody warned me when I got here that Tsugaru-ben was a thing, I thought my Japanese was even worse than it was. ☃️

[@NorbiWhitney]

Where my fellow kids at? ㊙

[@mrAMMW]

Here is a question that I've never properly received any good answers to: if i am intermediate level reading and vocab while decently advanced level grammar wise, what and where can I get study materials for my level? the vast majority of stuff (both academic and entertainment) is either for full beginners level or full fluent, especially when it comes to reading recommendations. So what do you think is the type of stuff that intermediate people can best use? > Sorry for the essay.

[@maruhigakuen]

If I was in your shoes I would probably resort to game shows or any variety television

[@mrAMMW]

@@maruhigakuen thanks, probably a good bet, so far i'm watching gaki no tsukai and furuhata ninzaburo, hoping to find more.

[@AkiraUema]

I would encourage treating Okinawan languages as fully-fledged languages and sister languages of Japanese instead of dialects! But great video nonetheless! :)

[@thatbrownweeb1132]

Is it weird that i think he vaguely sounds like technoblade (especially the outro song) ?

[@夕-莉]

W academy

[@SuperMegaLamp]

Im just gonna speak english with japanese

[@Uncertain-de5fc]

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[@kn2549]

5:00 that wakamono-ben sounds like something young people in the 80s would try to talk in 😂 Not really something you would hear young people talking in

[@DISCONSOLATION]

gg

[@sk3171_S]

Когла я смотрю видео из этого канала, то я вспоминаю про пересказы фильмов от хеппи Вульфа.

[@eduardoktg8683]

Here before you're terribly famous, haha

[@tedkz6155]

Please do a video on racism

[@takitakirumba22]

Good to know.. and do you think pronunciation and intonation is important in speaking Japanese?

[@maruhigakuen]

Yes about the same as English really

[@takitakirumba22]

@@maruhigakuen really? I thought there's a main difference there between pitch accents vs stress accents

[@maruhigakuen]

@@takitakirumba22 Yes, there is a difference. Pitch accents always exist while stress accents can be used to stress a word to convey emotion

[@TREEshichauyo]

I recommend not mentioning the Okinawan as it may make the comments section rough

[@shi_no_kurai_kage]

Osaka just cuz イエス。

[@AB-om2qp]

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[@UmamiPapi]

I'm gonna go ahead and keep pretending dialects don't exist and everyone speaks standard Japanese.

[@user-cdf9fk2rqa]

This video is wrong

[@RogersJimmy-n4q]

What dialect is spoken in Tokyo?

[@Ubermenschgaming_]

Tokyo-ben. Standard "default" Japanese, it is in all media.

[@phen-themoogle7651]

江戸弁、山の手言葉と下町言葉、と標準語 edoben,yamanote kotoba, shitamachi kotoba, and hyoujungo(standard japanese which is the main) the other ones have influences in various cultural aspects of japanese like you might see them in slang in anime that delinquents use or yakuza use sometimes , also some prostitutes or artistic people used in certain districts. I majored in Japanese and took a couple regional linguistic classes a while back but those names popped up.

[@freezeYT-]

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[@Ubermenschgaming_]

These videos look extremely based, I subscribed. でも

[@jonasarnesen6825]

0:45 Those are Accents and not Dialects... Or Japanese dialects must be considered languages... No double standards, no politics, just plain consideration by using the basis of mutual intelligibility as a fact. There is a table of mutual intelligibility in Wikipedia, which proves this point. Around 99% of English dialects are a in England. 2:38 Osaka... different language... 4:46 Another different language...

[@333DOT.]

lol

[@TheEarthRealm]

00:32 Sir, those are _accents_ not dialects...

[@cuddlecreeper8]

Part 2で土佐弁持ち出してください

[@Ubermenschgaming_]

Hey what country is that flag from?

[@AkiraUema]

1:12 Exactly! Okinawa used to be an independent country, the Ryukyu Kingdom, that was taken and colonised by Japan. Okinawan languages are a whole world on their own. The reason why the call Ryukyuan languages "dialect" is purely political aimed to undermine Ryukyuan culture and identity and strengthen Japan's grasp on the archipelago.

[@kn2549]

Umm no. Theres a difference between Uchinaaguchi(the actual Okinawan language) and Okinawan dialect. Its nothing political or something used to undermine the local culture. Its just you who dont know the difference between the two.

[@jonasarnesen6825]

He portrait the Okinawan dialect and not the Ryukyuan Okinawan language...