Aizu Dialect Database
会津方言のデータベース


Inawashiro/猪苗代 Data
Aizuwakamatsu/会津若松 Data
Aizumisatomachi/会津美里町 Data
Showamura/昭和村 Data

All Items

Number of Participants: 43
Average Age: 74.8

Number of Participants in Nineties: 2
Number of Participants in Eighties: 10
Number of Participants in Seventies: 24
Number of Participants in Sixties: 4
Number of Participants in Fifties: 2
Number of Participants Under Fifty: 1

Statements
Total: 380
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 33.4%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 66.6%
Total items with Rising Intonation (119), Falling Intonation (261)
Percent Rising Intonation (Female): 46.701 Percent
Percent Rising Intonation (Male): 14.754 Percent

Yes/No questions
Total: 364
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 65.6%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 34.4%
Total items with Rising Intonation (273), Falling Intonation (91)
Percent Rising Intonation (Female): 75.117 Percent
Percent Rising Intonation (Male): 74.834 Percent

Single wh-questions
Total: 359
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 63.9%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 36.1%
Total items with Rising Intonation (259), Falling Intonation (100)
Percent Rising Intonation (Female): 76.636 Percent
Percent Rising Intonation (Male): 65.517 Percent

Multiple wh-questions
Total: 60
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 55.4%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 44.6%
Total items with Rising Intonation (39), Falling Intonation (21)
Percent Rising Intonation (Female): 77.143 Percent
Percent Rising Intonation (Male): 48.000 Percent

Single wh-questions (embedded wh-phrase)
Total: 38
Total items with Rising Intonation (33), Falling Intonation (5)
Percent Rising Intonation (Female): 77.778 Percent
Percent Rising Intonation (Male): 95.000 Percent

Embedded wh-questions
Total: 11
Total items with Rising Intonation (0), Falling Intonation (11)

Total Number of items: 1212


Inawashiro Items


Statements
Total: 45
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 0.0%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 100.0%


Yes/No questions
Total: 53
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 98.1%
Ending
no
ka
ka-yo
ga
Other
Count
13
10
4
4
21

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 1.9%
Ending
no
Other
Count
1
0


Single wh-questions
Total: 38

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 76.3%
Ending
no
ka
Other
Count
13
4
12

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 23.7%
Ending
ka
Other
Count
7
2


Single wh-questions
Total: 38
Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 97.2%
Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 2.8%


Multiple wh-questions
Total: 7

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 57.1%
Ending
no
Other
Count
4
0

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 42.9%
Ending
Other
Count
3


Single wh-questions (embedded wh-phrase)
Total: 12
Rising Intonation: 11

Falling Intonation: 1


Wh-questions Rising (all types): 44
Wh-questions Falling (all types): 13


Total Number of items: 155

Aizuwakamatsu Items

Number of Participants: 11
Average Age: 67.3


Statements
Total: 162
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 28.8%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 71.2%


Yes/No questions
Total: 134
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 65.9%
Ending
ka
ka-yo
ga
no
ga-yo
be
Other
Count
31
16
8
7
5
4
35

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 34.1%
Ending
no
ga
ga-yo
na
kana
ka
da-na
Other
Count
6
4
2
1
1
1
1
12


Single wh-questions
Total: 143

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 69.6%
Ending
no
yo
ka-yo
ka
da-yo
no-ya
ya
te
ga-yo
ga
Other
Count
26
13
7
6
5
3
2
1
1
1
49

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 30.4%
Ending
kana
da-be-na
be-na
da-na
no
da-yo
yo
na
in-be-shita
da-be
be
Other
Count
6
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
3


Single wh-questions
Total: 143
Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 82.3%
Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 17.7%


Multiple wh-questions
Total: 23

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 78.6%
Ending
no
da-yo
be-na
Other
Count
9
2
1
8

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 21.4%
Ending
kana
no
Other
Count
2
1
0


Single wh-questions (embedded wh-phrase)
Total: 26
Rising Intonation: 22

Falling Intonation: 4


Wh-questions Rising (all types): 156
Wh-questions Falling (all types): 36

Embedded wh-questions
Total: 11


Total Number of items: 499

Aizumisatomachi Items

Number of Participants: 5
Average Age: 73.8


Statements
Total: 35
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 42.0%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 58.0%


Yes/No questions
Total: 61
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 69.9%
Ending
no
ka-yo
ga-yo
da-be
Other
Count
11
8
4
1
13

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 30.1%
Ending
no
be
da-be
kana
ka-yo
ka
Other
Count
6
5
4
1
1
1
6


Single wh-questions
Total: 62

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 79.6%
Ending
no
yo
ka-yo
ga-yo
da-yo
da-be
Other
Count
17
12
6
3
2
1
7

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 20.4%
Ending
be-na
no
da-yo
da-be-na
da-be
be
Other
Count
2
1
1
1
1
1
7


Single wh-questions
Total: 62
Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 70.3%
Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 29.7%


Multiple wh-questions
Total: 10

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 56.7%
Ending
no
yo
Other
Count
5
1
0

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 43.3%
Ending
no
be-na
Other
Count
2
1
1


Wh-questions Rising (all types): 54
Wh-questions Falling (all types): 18


Total Number of items: 168

Showamura Items
Number of Participants: 26
Average Age: 77.5


Statements
Total: 113
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 35.0%
Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 65.0%


Yes/No questions
Total: 116
Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 63.3%
Ending
ka
no
zo
be
ka-yo
yo
ga-yo
da-yo
da-be
Other
Count
20
11
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
33

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 36.7%
Ending
ka
be
zo
no
na
da-na
ga
yo
Other
Count
6
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
13


Single wh-questions
Total: 116

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 57.6%
Ending
no
ka
be
yo
no-ya
ka-yo
ga
da-be-na
Other
Count
25
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
29

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 42.4%
Ending
be
da-be
da-be-na
yo
no-ya
no
na
da-na
bei
Other
Count
12
11
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
12


Single wh-questions
Total: 116
Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 56.9%
Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase (Average of Averages): 43.1%


Multiple wh-questions
Total: 20

Rising Intonation (Average of Averages): 42.3%
Ending
no
Other
Count
7
2

Falling Intonation (Average of Averages): 57.7%
Ending
da-be
be
no
da-be-na
Other
Count
6
2
1
1
1


Wh-questions Rising (all types): 77
Wh-questions Falling (all types): 59


Total Number of items: 365