Tsugaru-ben

The Tsugaru dialect (津軽弁 Tsugaru-ben^?) is a Japanese dialect spoken in western Aomori Prefecture.

Tsugaru-ben is reputed to be too divergent from standard Japanese for those who are not native speakers, to the point that even people living in the same prefecture may have trouble understanding it.

In Tsuruta, there is an annual summer Tsugaru-ben competition (津軽弁大会 Tsugaru-ben taikai^?) in which teams of foreigners create short skits or performances, usually humorous, using Tsugaru-ben. In June 2009, a short segment featuring the competition was broadcast nationally on NHK.

Examples 

The words are sometimes very different from those of standard Japanese.

English	standard Japanese	Tsugaru dialect
I	watashi	wa
you	anata	na
cute	kawaii	megoi
friend	tomodachi	keyagu
countryside	inaka	jago
but	keredo	batte
same	onaji	futozu
very	totemo	tage/gappa
cold	tsumetai	shakkoi
noisy	urusai	sashine
irritating	ira-irasuru	kacha-kuchane
money	(o-)kane	jenko
forehead	hitai, (o-)deko	nazugi