Tokyo dialect
The dialect spoken in Kyoto is known as "Kyō-kotoba" or "Kyōto-ben", a constituent dialect of the Kansai dialect. When Kyoto was the capital of Japan, the Kyoto dialect was the "de facto" standard Japanese and influenced the development of Tokyo dialect, the modern standard Japanese. Courtesans performing duties at Tokyo were referred to as "Edokko" (bourgois). Famous Kyoto expressions are a polite copula "dosu", an honorific verb ending "-haru", a greeting phrase "okoshi-yasu" "welcome", etc.