kyotoben

A sub-dialect of Kansaiben spoken in Kyoto.

Noted speakers

• Hanayagi Kaoruko (Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight)
• Ichimaru Gin (Bleach)
• Kagenui Yozuru (Monogatari)
• Kobayakawa Sae (Idolmaster Cinderella Girls)
• Konoe Konoka (Mahou Sensei Negima!)
• Lucky Lilac (Umamusume)
• Shiver (Splatoon)
• Tenkawa Kaoruko/Magia Sulfur (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete)

Salient features

• Verb conjugations ending in はる haru
• The copula どす dosu (standard Japanese です desu)
• Unique negative conjugations of the verbs 来る kuru "to come" and する suru "to do":
• Kuru: きいひん kiihin (Osakaben けえへん keehen, standard Japanese こない konai)
• Suru: しいひん shiihin (Osakaben せえへん seehen, standard Japanese しない shinai)
• The greetings おこしやす okoshiyasu and おいでやす oideyasu (standard Japanese いらっしゃいませ irasshaimase)

External references

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_dialect#Kyoto
• https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/367/

This tag implicates kansaiben (learn more).