Hichiku dialect

The Hichiku dialect is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen (肥前), Higo (肥後), Chikuzen (筑前) and Chikugo (筑後), the names of old provinces.


 * Hichiku dialect
 * Chikuzen dialect (western Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikuzen Province, includes the Hakata dialect of Hakata district in Fukuoka)
 * Chikugo dialect (southern Fukuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Chikugo Province)
 * Ōmuta dialect (Ōmuta)
 * Yanagawa dialect (Yanagawa)
 * Saga dialect (Saga Prefecture)
 * Karatsu dialect (northern Saga Prefecture centered Karatsu)
 * Tashiro dialect (easternmost Saga Prefecture centered Tashiro)
 * Nagasaki dialect (Nagasaki Prefecture)
 * Sasebo dialect (northern Nagasaki Prefecture centered Sasebo)
 * Hirado dialect (Hirado Island, west of Nagasaki Prefecture)
 * Kumamoto dialect (Kumamoto Prefecture)
 * Hita dialect (Hita, southwestern Oita Prefecture)
 * Iki dialect (Iki Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)
 * Tsushima dialect (Tsushima Island of Nagasaki Prefecture)
 * Gotō dialect (Gotō Islands of Nagasaki Prefecture)