八はち丈じょう方ほう言げん

noun

Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language

Refers to the Japanese varieties spoken on the Izu Islands, particularly Hachijō-jima, often considered a distinct language or dialect group.

• 八はち丈じょう方ほう言げんは本ほん土どの日本にほん語ごと大おおきく異ことなる特とく徴ちょうを持もっている。

  The Hachijō dialects have features that differ greatly from mainland Japanese.

• 言げん語ご学がく者しゃの間あいだでは、八はち丈じょう方ほう言げんを独どく立りつした言げん語ごと見みなす意い見けんもある。

  Some linguists consider the Hachijō language to be an independent language.