what is kansai dialect
The Kansai dialect (é¢è¥¿å¼, é¢è¥¿æ¹è¨, Kansai-ben, Kansai hÅgen) is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan.In Japanese, Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (è¿ç¿æ¹è¨, Kinki hÅgen) in technical terms.Dialects of Kyoto and Osaka, especially in Edo period, are also called Kamigata dialect (ä¸æ¹è¨è, ä¸æ¹èª, Kamigata kotoba, Kamigata-go) .Kansai dialect is typified by the speech of Osaka, the major city of Kansai, which is referred to specifically as Osaka-ben.he common Kansai dialect is spoken in Keihanshin (the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe) and its surroundings, a radius of about 50 km around the Osaka-Kyoto area (See also #Regional differences).