Lost in Translation: The Quiet Death of Japan's Local Dialects
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Yamagata cops a lot of flack for its dialects.
And for good reason.
When people ask if I can understand the local Shonai dialect, I tell them: my wife doesn’t even understand it.
And she’s a born-and-bred Yamagatan.
Okay, that’s a little disingenuous. She understands Shonai dialect just…
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