Uchina-guchi
うちなーぐち
Okinawa has its own dialects, referred to as Uchina-guchi.
All other Japanese dialects are referred to by the Okinawans as
Yamato-guchi. Okinawan dialects can vary considerably from
island to island. For example, on the main island of Okinawa, the
word for "thank you" is nife-de-biru. On Ishigaki Island,
"thank you" is nifaiyu; on Miyako, tandei-gatandei;
and on Yonaguni, it is fugarassa.
The unique intonations and accents found in other regions of Japan
are known as ben, such as Osaka-ben, Tohoku-ben,
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