Phonetic characteristics of the Kochi dialect of Japanese: a comparison of the Yusuhara and Kochi-City dialects

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The major phonetic characteristics of two sub-dialects of the Kochi dialect (the Yusuhara dialect and the Kochi-City dialect) of Japanese were compared by analyzing speech from an elderly speaker for both dialects. The fricative-affricate distinction ( Yotsugana), was well attested in both dialects. Prenasalization before voiced stops was present more strongly for the Yusuhara speaker, and a number of new findings as to its distribution and its phonetic quality were obtained. For the manifestation of pitch accent, the F0 value of the H tone for the HH pattern was found to be higher than that of the HL pattern in Yusuhara, which is markedly different from that of the Kochi-City dialect and Standard Japanese. 1.

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