Tokyo dialect (東京方言, 東京弁, 東京語, Tōkyō hōgen, Tōkyō-ben, Tōkyō-go?) refers to the Japanese dialect spoken in modern Tokyo. The dialect in modern Tokyo is often considered to equate standard Japanese, though in fact the Tokyo dialect differs from standard Japanese in a number of areas and classes.
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