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The Kansai dialect (関西弁 関西方言 Kansai-ben Kansai hōgen) is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (近畿方言 Kinki hōgen) in technical terms. Dialects of Kyoto and Osaka especially in Edo period are also called Kamigata dialect (上方言葉 上方語 Kamigata kotoba Kamigata-go).