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The Ibaraki dialect (Shinjitai: 茨城弁 Kyujitai: 茨城辯 Ibaraki-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Ibaraki Prefecture.Ibaraki-ben is characterized by dakuten insertion effecting a voiced syllable. For example byōki (病気 illness) becomes something like byōgi. By contraries g sometimes becomes k and b sometimes becomes p. For example yugata(夕方 evening) is pronunciated as yukada and zabuton(座布団cushion) is pronunciated as zapton by some speakers.