Japanese Dialects - Classification - Cladogram

Cladogram

The relationships between the dialects is approximately as follows:

Japanese

Kyūshū

Satsugū



Hichiku



Hōnichi



Western

Chūgoku



Umpaku



Shikoku



Kansai



Hokuriku



Eastern

Tōkai–Tōsan




Kantō



inland Hokkaidō





Tōhoku



coastal Hokkaidō






Hachijō



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