| Hōnichi Japanese | |
|---|---|
| Hōjitsu Japanese | |
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | easternKyūshū |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | honi1246 |
 Hōnichi dialect area (orange) | |
TheHōnichi dialect orHōjitsu dialect (豊日方言,Hōnichi hōgen orHōjitsu hōgen) is a group of theJapanese dialects spoken in easternKyushu. It is closer in some ways toWestern Japanese (Chūgoku dialect) that it is to otherKyushu dialects. The nameHōnichi (豊日) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji fromBuzen (豊前),Bungo (豊後) andHyūga (日向), names of old provinces there.
Honichi dialect does not share some features peculiar to other Kyushu dialects such aska-adjective andbatten particle. Buzen-Oita dialects do not useto particle. An emphasizing particlecha is used in Honichi dialect and Yamaguchi dialect.
In the pitch accent, Miyazaki dialect and Buzen-Oita dialects are very different. Buzen-Oita dialects use Tokyo-type accent as well as Chugoku dialect, but Miyazaki dialect is noted for its monotone accent as well as some dialects classified the Hichiku dialect. Another striking difference between Miyazaki and Buzen-Oita dialects is the particle meaning "because": while Miyazaki dialect useskara orkai, Buzen-Oita dialects useken orkee orkii as well as Chugoku, Shikoku and Hichiku dialects.