Mino dialect

The main difference between verbs in the Mino dialect and in standard Japanese is seen in the negative form.

The verb "to eat" (食べる taberu) is written as tabenai (食べない) as a negative in standard Japanese.

In the Mino dialect, nai is replaced by n (ん) or hen (へん), leading to forms such as taben (食べん) or tabehen (食べへん).

The Mino dialect elides the intervocalic /ɴ/ in the sequences an'i and en'i; the first vowel is lengthened, becoming aai and eei, respectively.

Because major cities like Ōgaki and Gifu have many commuters from the surrounding area, modern youth have lost the traditional accent for the dialect.