Editing Kansai dialect (section)

=== Consonants ===
[[File:Hichi.jpg|thumb|A pawnshop signboard in Osaka]]
*The syllable ひ {{IPA|/hi/}} is nearer to {{IPA|[hi]}} than to {{IPA|[çi]}}.
*The ''[[yotsugana]]'' are two distinct syllables, as they are in Tokyo, but Kansai speakers tend to pronounce じ {{IPA|/zi/}} and ず {{IPA|/zu/}} as {{IPA|[ʑi]}} and {{IPA|[zu]}} in place of Standard {{IPA|[dʑi]}} and {{IPA|[dzɯ]}}.
*Intervocalic {{IPA|/ɡ/}} is pronounced either {{IPA|[ŋ]}} or {{IPA|[ɡ]}} in free variation, but {{IPA|[ŋ]}} is declining now.
*In provocative speech, {{IPA|/r/}} becomes {{IPAblink|r}}, similar to the [[Yamanote and Shitamachi#Speech|Tokyo Shitamachi dialect]].
*The use of {{IPA|/h/}} in place of {{IPA|/s/}}. Some [[debuccalization]] of {{IPA|/s/}} is apparent in most Kansai speakers, but it seems to have progressed more in morphological suffixes and inflections than in core vocabulary. This process has produced はん {{IPA|/-haN/}} for さん ''-[[Japanese titles#San|san]]'' "Mr., Ms.", まへん {{IPA|/-maheN/}} for ません {{IPA|/-maseN/}} (formal negative form), まひょ {{IPA|/-mahjo/}} for ましょう {{IPA|/-masjoː/}} (formal volitional form), and ひちや {{IPA|/hiti-ja/}} for 質屋 {{IPA|/siti-ja/}} "pawnshop", among other examples.
*The change of {{IPA|/m/}} and {{IPA|/b/}} in some words such as さぶい {{IPA|/sabui/}} for 寒い {{IPA|/samui/}} "cold".
*Especially in the rural areas, {{IPA|/z, d, r/}} are sometimes harmonized or metathesized. For example, でんでん {{IPA|/deNdeN/}} for 全然 {{IPA|/zeNzeN/}} "never, not at all", かだら {{IPA|/kadara/}} or からら {{IPA|/karara/}} for 体 {{IPA|/karada/}} "body". A play on words around these sound changes goes as follows: 淀川の水飲んれ腹らら下りや {{IPA|/joroɡawa no miru noNre hara rarakurari ja/}} for 淀川の水飲んで腹だだ下りや {{IPA|/jodoɡawa no mizu noNde hara dadakudari ja/}} "I drank water of [[Yodo River]] and have the trots".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osaka-info.jp/ja/model/osakaben/html/0034.html|script-title=ja:大阪弁完全マスター講座 第三十四話 よろがわ|trans-title=Osaka-ben perfect master lecture No. 34 Yoro River|language=ja|publisher=Osaka Convention Bureau|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320101838/http://www.osaka-info.jp/ja/model/osakaben/html/0034.html|archive-date=March 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The {{IPA|/r/}} + vowel in the verb conjugations is sometimes changed to {{IPA|/N/}}, similar to colloquial Tokyo speech. For example, 何してるねん？ {{IPA|/nani shiteru neN/}} "What are you doing?" often changes 何してんねん？ {{IPA|/nani shiteN neN/}} in fluent Kansai speech.