39624
What dialect is the 'わ' suffix from and what are some other common dialect
suffixes?

For example, from manga and anime I come across people saying things like
わからないわ or はやくしようぜ and some Japanese friends have told me these are usually
based on prefectures.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-10-02T18:37:54.930
39623
2020-04-09T20:07:37.540
2016-10-03T03:38:59.300
5010
16252
question
grammar sentence-final-particles
What are some other common dialect suffixes in Japan?
```

      女言葉かと思ったらそうでもないんだわ。 
    
      真紅はそんなにだわだわ言わないのだわ ... 
    
```

わ is a female sentence-suffix (語尾) in older manga, anime, stories, etc.

It used be also common among adult gay men. e.g.
[おすぎとピーコ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%99%E3%81%8E%E3%81%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3)

But today it's become common among some adult (straight) men :

> detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp › ... › 恋愛相談、人間関係の悩み › 恋愛相談  
>  2013/10/14 - メールで語尾に「〜だわ」「〜するわ」とつける男性  
>  --
> こんばんは。友達以上恋人未満の男性がいます。できれば付き合いたいし、このままいけばお付き合いできるかなという関係です。しかし、メールするようになって気...

The following list is great & comprehensive -- its stated focus is on recent
Anime characters (キャラ語尾)

> <http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E8%AA%9E%E5%B0%BE%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7>  
>
>
> 「拙者に任せるナリ！」 . . . 忍者ハットリくん !
>
>   * かにゃ？ == 「～かな？」の変化形と思われ。  
>  
>
>
>   * ござる . . . 忍者ハットリくん ! -- 【読み方】：ゴザルノマキ 「ござるの巻」とは話のタイトル語尾に用いられる言葉である。
> 元ネタはアニメ「忍者ハットリくん」における各話のタイトル。 「〇〇でござるの巻」といったタイトルがほとんどであった。  
>  
>
>
>   * ザンス . . . シェーは、赤塚不二夫の漫画作品、『おそ松くん』の登場人物イヤミが行うギャグ。!  
>  
>
>
>   * じゃけ
>
>   * じゃろ
>   * じゃん
>
>   * ぜ
>
>   * ぜよ
>
>   * だぜ
>
>   * だっちゃ (Lum-chan) == 元々は仙台弁で見られる語尾。（他地域でも語尾につける所あり）
>
>   * だべ
>
>

```

      女言葉かと思ったらそうでもないんだわ。 
    
```

Thank you for the comment. The だわ -ending used by straight men seems to have
originated from dialect(s).
<http://komachi.yomiuri.co.jp/t/2009/0226/227234.htm> 「～だわ」（男性）って方言？
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-10-02T19:50:34.930
39624
2016-10-04T05:01:07.520
2016-10-04T05:01:07.520
16344
16344
39623
answer
I think your Japanese friend oversimplified the explanation. It is true that
some sentence-final particles are strongly associated with certain regions in
Japan (or sometimes even certain foreign countries), but at least わ and ぜ are
generally considered as regionally neutral.

English Wikipedia describes わ and ぜ as follows (From [Sentence-final
particle#Japanese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence-
final_particle#Japanese)):

>   * わ wa: soft declarative or emphatic. Used primarily by women, this
> particle has a meaning similar to yo, but it is less assertive.
>   * ぜ ze: informal hortative/emphatic. Used to push someone to do something,
> or to remind them of something. In certain contexts, it can carry a
> threatening overtone.
>

Some sentence-end particles have important grammatical roles and are used in
so-called standard Japanese (for example, か for making a question and ね for
agreement). Some sentence-end particles are [basically meaningless
fillers](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14924/5010), and chosen
depending on the speaker's sex, age, character, preference, etc. If you keep
on enjoying Japanese manga and anime, you will soon realize the typical
character by which わ and ぜ are used. ぜ is largely considered as part of tough-
guy speech.

It is even possible to create a brand-new sentence-final particle to
characterize an imaginary character! See: [On the grammar of
みんな見るメロ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24678/5010)

FWIW, here are some sentence-end particles which are heavily dialectal and
associated with a certain region in Japan. These are actively used by local
people.

  * けろ: Tohoku (used to make a request, like "please")
  * ばい, たい: Kyushu
  * じゃ: western Honshu, esp. Hiroshima prefecture
  * や, ねん: Osaka
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-10-03T03:35:52.527
39626
2016-10-03T03:35:52.527
2017-04-13T12:43:48.447
-1
5010
39623
answer
Ze, zo, yo, and wa are variations on emphatic particles in Standard
Japanese/Kanto dialect. Other variations on these include ja/ccha in the
Northeast and Hokkaido, and anything from ya in some Southern/Westerns areas
to ra in Okinawa, or at least in Okinawan. Do/to can also be used in dialectal
speech in the Northeast and some Central/Western areas

Other dialectal endings include nee for nai in the East and North, and -n or
aran/yaran for nai in the West and South. The copulas also vary, going from
East to West as da, ja, to ya.

The verb iru also changes to oru in the west and South (tabete-iru/tabeteru vs
tabete-oru/tabetoru).

Variations of "darou" are also common. In Kanto rou can be used for darou,
especially after past tense verbs (tabeta darou vs tabetarou). In Kanto, the
Northeast, and Hokkaido, be is used, or ppe if used after ru (tabeta darou vs
tabetabe or taberu darou vs tabeppe). Kanto can also use some interesting
combinations with yarou. For instance, instead of saying deshou, dessharou is
used (desu+yarou), or -massharou (-masu+yarou).

-ka, the question particle, can also become -kka after ru in Kanto and the Northeast, e.g. aru ka? > akka?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-04-09T20:07:37.540
76469
2020-04-09T20:07:37.540
38390
39623
answer