countryside dialect; rural speech
Linguistics term for a dialect spoken in rural areas, often contrasted with city speech.
Many old expressions remain in the countryside dialect of this region.
Edo-period red-light district sociolect; secret language of prostitutes
Historical linguistics term for a specialized jargon used by prostitutes in Edo-period pleasure quarters; not in modern use.
The secret language used in Edo-period red-light districts was a jargon unintelligible to outsiders.
方言 is the general term for 'dialect', while 里言葉 specifically refers to rural or countryside dialects, often with a nuance of being old-fashioned or local.
隠語 is a general term for 'secret language' or 'jargon', while 里言葉 in its second sense refers specifically to the historical sociolect of Edo-period red-light districts.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still used.
Rare variant using 詞 instead of 言葉.
A compound of 里 and 言葉. Here 里 may mean either a village or countryside, yielding “rural speech,” or an entertainment quarter, yielding the specialized speech of Edo-period pleasure quarters.