Timeline for ですね and ですよ regarding the silent u (silent vowels)
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| May 15, 2023 at 17:16 | comment | added | Karl Knechtel | Seems like I've greatly misunderstood something, then. | |
| May 14, 2023 at 22:56 | comment | added | Angelos | @KarlKnechtel No, あい to ええ type sound shifts are pretty rare in Western Japan, plus strongly associated with Tokyo speech. The only Western Japan one I can think of is よい to ええ. A Tokyo guy might say 知らねえよ where an Osaka one would say 知らんで or 知らへんねん | |
| May 14, 2023 at 21:47 | comment | added | Karl Knechtel | @Angelos wait, really? Isn't that the opposite of normal sound shift patterns? | |
| May 12, 2023 at 12:12 | comment | added | Angelos | やべえ is in fact Eastern Japan speech, and (traditionally) uncommon in Western Japan | |
| May 12, 2023 at 10:03 | comment | added | Kimbi | I don't think やべぇ, 分からん, and わかんない have anything to do with being "Western Japanese" dialect. They are used throughout the country (especially by young speakers or very informal conversations). For example, for the Osaka dialect it would be ”わからへん”. I am also inclined to say western and eastern Japanese are "dialect groups" as you put it, rather than dialects as almost each prefecture has their own dialect which can be vastly different (although may by dying out). | |
| May 12, 2023 at 7:14 | history | answered | Karl Knechtel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |