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I recall in my speaking/listening class last semester in Japan, when we were
discussing proper intonation in the standard dialect, that the intonation of
ありがとう varied rather widely between dialects (i.e. on which mora the intonation
rises and falls).

Can someone please refresh my memory? **How does the intonation of ありがとう vary
between dialects?**

Please also see the question I've posted in meta regarding notating
intonation: [What notation should we use for showing the pitch accent of
words?](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/403/what-notation-
should-we-use-for-showing-the-intonation-of-words)
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dialects pitch-accent intonation
How does the intonation of ありがとう vary between dialects?
Well, it's kinda tough to put this in text, but I'll try. The number indicate
the strength (bigger=stronger).

Tokyo:  
ありがとう  
5 3 3 3 2

Osaka (Kansai):  
ありがとう  
3 3 3 5 5  
おおきに  
3 3 5 2

I'm not very sure how they sound in other areas like Tohoku, Nagoya, Chugoku
(Hiroshima etc), Kyushu, Okinawa. Hokkaidoers sound pretty much like Tokyo
guys, although if you go to really rural places within Hokkaido (or even
Hakodate) they sound more like Tohoku-ish.
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~~In Nagoya, ありがとう is pronounced as LHLLL~~ (see below), where L and H mean
low and high pitches, respectively. I think that this is the same in Tokyo,
too.

_Correction_ : According to the [publisher
webpage](http://www.iwanami.co.jp/moreinfo/0074580/top.html#04) on the book
アクセントの法則 by Haruo Kubozono, the accent pattern of the word ありがとう is as
follows:

>   * Tokyo: LHLLL
>   * Nagoya: LLHLL
>   * Osaka: LLLHL
>   * Kagoshima: LLLHH
>

I admit (with sadness) that I confused the traditional Nagoya pronunciation
with the Tokyo pronunciation.
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