Umpaku dialect
The Umpaku dialect (雲伯方言, Unpaku hōgen) is a group of Japanese dialects spoken in central San'in. The name Unpaku (雲伯) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Izumo (出雲) and Hōki (伯耆), the names of former provinces of this region.
| Umpaku Japanese | |
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| Native to | Japan |
| Region | eastern San'in |
Japonic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | umpa1238 |
Umpaku-dialect area | |
The Umpaku dialects are:
- Izumo dialect (eastern Shimane Prefecture, formerly known as Izumo Province)
- Yonago dialect (western Tottori Prefecture centered on Yonago)
- Oki dialect (Oki islands of Shimane Prefecture)
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