This app is for people who like Hiroshima, people who have moved to Hiroshima, especially foreigners to get to know Hiroshima and the Hiroshima dialect better.

This app is for Hiroshima enthusiasts who have come to Hiroshima for a trip but don't understand the Hiroshima dialect, and want to understand more about Hiroshima.

Hiroshima dialect is a Japanese dialect used in Hiroshima prefecture. The dialects of Hiroshima Prefecture can be roughly classified into the Aki dialect (Hiroshima dialect) in the western part (former Aki Province) and the Bingo dialect (Fukuyama dialect) in the eastern part (former Bingo Province). Hiroshima dialect belongs to the Chinese dialect among western Japan dialects. It is lexically and linguistically close to the Yamaguchi dialect (Yamaguchi Prefecture) to the west and the Iwami dialect (Shimane Prefecture) to the north, and is generally positioned as a Western Chinese dialect. Like Okayama dialect, Bingo dialect is classified as a Higashiyamayo dialect (see dialects of Japanese). Because exchanges have been active since ancient times, there are similarities in terms of vocabulary and usage with the dialect of Ehime Prefecture (Iyo dialect), which faces the Seto Inland Sea, although the accent is different.

In Fukuyama dialect, the accent is different between the inner ring Tokyo style and the middle ring Tokyo style of Hiroshima dialect, and there are also differences in vocabulary such as ``~bare'' in ``raining only'' is ``bar'' in contrast to ``bakkali'' in Hiroshima dialect. be.