Hakata dialect
Hakata dialect is being increasingly spoken in television interviews in Fukuoka, where previously standard Japanese was expected. Grammar. The basic grammar of Hakata dialect is similar to other Hichiku dialect such as Saga dialect, Nagasaki dialect and Kumamoto dialect. For example, Hakata dialect uses "to" or "tto" as a question, e.g., "What are you doing?", realized in standard Japanese as "nani o shiteiru no?", is "nan ba shiyo tto?" or "nan shitō to?" in Hakata and other Hichiku dialects.