Hichiku dialect

The Hichiku dialect 2=肥筑方言 is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen, Higo, Chikuzen and Chikugo, the names of old provinces.Hichiku dialect

* Chikuzen dialect
* Chikugo dialect
** Ōmuta dialect
** Yanagawa dialect
* Saga dialect
** Karatsu dialect
** Tashiro dialect
* Nagasaki dialect
** Sasebo dialect
** Hirado dialect
* Kumamoto dialect
* Hita dialect
* Iki dialect
* Tsushima dialect
* Gotō dialect

Common characteristics of this group entail among others:
-adjectives ending in -ka instead of -i
-the ending -u or derivations instead of -ku
-copula -bai and -tai
-particle -to instead of -no
-palatized pronunciation of -se- as -she-