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Nantai has also influenced the [[w:Tochigi dialect|Tochigi dialect]] of Japanese, mainly through the lack of distinction between /i/ and /e/ sounds, which is the defining feature of Tochigi-ben, as well as the voicing of consonants between two vowels. | Nantai has also influenced the [[w:Tochigi dialect|Tochigi dialect]] of Japanese, mainly through the lack of distinction between /i/ and /e/ sounds, which is the defining feature of Tochigi-ben, as well as the voicing of consonants between two vowels. | ||
==Comparison with Tochigi-ben== | |||
Nantai has heavily influenced the defining features of the Tochigi dialect of Japanese, alternatively called Tochigi-ben. Some features of Tochigi-ben borrowed from Nantai include: | |||
* Lack of distinction between [e] and [i] | |||
* Voicing of consonants between two vowels | |||
* Lack of contracted syllables such as [gʲu] | |||
* Lack of morphological polite register. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||