About this sound
- Japanese name
- 関西弁 (Kansai-ben)
- Reading
- かんさいべん
Kansai-ben is a collective term for several related dialects spoken in Japan's Kansai region, including Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo. Expressions and pronunciation vary somewhat by area, but all differ from standard Japanese in vocabulary, sentence endings, and intonation, and include well-known expressions such as "akan," "seyana," and "nande yanen."
Source: National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics — Dialect Research Division