Osaka and Kyoto's melodic, theatrical speech — home of manzai comedy.

Northern rural dialect with rising intonation — warm and direct.

Friendly Kyushu dialect, colloquially tied to Fukuoka food culture.

Ryukyuan language family, distinct from mainland Japanese.

Famous for phrases like "だぎゃ" and unique final particles.

NHK news-style Tokyo speech — the educational "default" Japanese.