Ibaraki dialect

Ibaraki dialect
茨城弁
Ibaraki dialect area.
Native to	Japan
Region	Ibaraki
Language family	Japonic Japanese Eastern Japanese (Debated) Kantō (Debated) Eastern Ibaraki dialect
Dialects	Northern Southwest Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	ibar1242
IETF	ja-u-sd-jp08

The Ibaraki dialect (Shinjitai: 茨城弁, Kyujitai: 茨城辯 Ibaraki-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is noted for its distinctive use of the sentence-ending particles べ (be) and っぺ (ppe) and an atypical intonation pattern that rises in neutral statements and falls in questions. It is also noted for its merging of certain vowels, frequent consonant voicing, and a relatively fast rate of speech.