Weird Dialect

[Milgram]

Hello guys!

I’ve been reading a manga called Happiness and I came across a weird dialect / slang that I had never heard. I’m not sure what characteristic/attribute it’s supposed to evoke.

Here are some examples plus my guess as to what they’re trying to say.

誰だ、おめ？ なぬすてる？ = 誰だ、おまえ？ 何してる？
なぬ言っでる = 何言ってる
その扉ささわんな！！ このほんぬ！！ = その扉を触らないで！！ (No clue as to what the rest says)

They same to replace a bunch of different particles with just “さ”, as seen in the third example.

For context, the characters that speak like this are from the Miyagi Prefecture.

[anon54313967]

Most of what you pointed out isn’t really a dialect thing I don’t believe. They are either just colloquial things like the なに->なぬ corruption or おめ just being another form of お前 (of which you will also encounter おめえ or おめー as well).

[Myria]

It’s pretty common in Tōhoku dialects to replace に/へ with さ
The 言っでる is very typical as well.
This doesn’t really have a lot of information, but for reference:

Tōhoku dialect | Grammar

[alo]

@Milgram

誰だ、おめ？ なぬすてる？ = 誰だ、おまえ？ 何してる？

That sounds like Kansai-Ben “tough guy” speech. Just imagine this guy:

Saying it in a deep voice and slurring all the vowels.

[Belthazar]

@Milgram

なぬ

Maybe he’s an alien…