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For any questions or comments on articles I have contributed to, please leave a message on my talk page. Certainly don't hesitate if you have any further questions about Japanese dialects (especially southern Japanese dialects like Kagoshima) or Ryukyuan linguistics. For a list of online resources on Japonic varieties, please see here.

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Note regarding modifications and/or reverts

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If I happened to bring changes to an article, or if I reverted one or more of your edits, and you think it's disputable, please don't hesitate to add your comments and/or questions on my discussion page. I am not always aware of my mistakes either, so I am grateful when others notice them and bring the appropriate changes.

Satsugu Dialect Division

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According to me (2012). Not sure about Satsuma/Ōsumi separation (seemingly no major differences between dialects). Tokara dialects have not been studied well, no clue as to their morphology; do they constitute a separate branch? Not exactly sure if Western Ōsumi Island dialects are closer dialectally to Southern Satsuma or the rest of the Ōsumi Islands.

Satsugū (Southern Kyushu)
Mainland Kagoshima
Satsuma (Western Kagoshima)
Hokusatsu (North‑Western Satsuma)

Izumi-Akune (and surrounding areas)

Nagashima-Shishijima

Central Satsuma (most of Kagoshima, especially in and around Kagoshima City)

Southern Satsuma

South Satsuma Peninsula (Makurazaki)

Western Ōsumi Islands (Kuroshima, Takeshima, Iōjima)

Ōsumi (Eastern Kagoshima)

Morokata (South-Western Miyazaki)

Koshikijima Islands

North (Kami-Koshikijima)

Central (Naka-Koshikijima)

South (Shimo-Koshikijima)

Eastern Ōsumi Islands
Tokara Islands

Northern Tokara (Kuchinoshima, Nakanoshima)

Central Tokara (Tairajima, Suwanosejima)

Southern Tokara (Takarajima)