Japanese/Dialects/Toyama

Some notable aspects of Toyama dialect: Pauses in sentences are often accompanied by a pitch vibration. あのねぇ ano nee それで sore de そこへ行って soko e itte In each of these examples, the pitch goes up-down-up-down, or even up-down-up-down-up-down. Pitch intervals can be as much as as 5-8 whole steps. の no is replaced by が ga (except in the possessive). そうなの？ sou na no? becomes そうなが？ sou na ga? できないので dekinai no de becomes できないがで dekinai ga de か ka as a question marker is replaced by っけ kke 分かるか wakaru ka becomes 分かるっけ wakaru kke いる iru becomes おる oru or おん ここにいる koko ni iru becomes ここにおる koko ni oru or ここにおん koko ni on てる -te ru (contraction of ている -te iru) becomes とる -toru or とん -ton 分かってる wakatteru becomes 分かっとる wakattoru or 分かっとん wakatton ない -nai becomes -ん できない dekinai becomes できん dekin 分からない wakaranai becomes 分からん wakaran だれもいない dare mo inai becomes だれもおらん dare mo oran Putting everything together, you can get the very comical phrase: トンガ行っとんが知っとんが? Tonga itton ga shitton ga? meaning トンガに行っているのを知っているの Tonga itte iru no o shitte iru no? or "Did you know he went to Tonga?" deep