Ibaraki dialect

Ibaraki dialect
茨城弁
Ibaraki dialect area.
Native toJapan
RegionIbaraki
Japonic
Dialects
  • Northern
  • Southwest
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologibar1242
IETFja-u-sd-jp08

The Ibaraki dialect (Shinjitai: 茨城弁, Kyujitai: 茨城辯 Ibaraki-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is noted for its distinctive use of the sentence-ending particles (be) and っぺ (ppe) and an atypical intonation pattern that rises in neutral statements and falls in questions. It is also noted for its merging of certain vowels, frequent consonant voicing, and a relatively fast rate of speech.