Senzanjima dialect (The Orange Outback)

The Senzanjima dialect (Japanese: 千山島弁 Senzanjima-ben), also known as Hawaiian Japanese, is a group of Japanese dialects spoken in the Senzanjima Prefecture of Japan. In Japanese, Senzanjima-ben is the technical name for the dialect, while most locals call the dialects Kama'aina hōgen, (Japanese: カマッアイナ方言) which means 'local dialect'. The Senzanjima dialect is typified by the Byōkō dialect (平港言葉 Byōkō kotoba) of Byōkō, the capital and largest city of the prefecture. Although largely mutually intelligible with Standard Japanese, some linguists have considered the dialect to be a pidgin of Japanese, although most linguists disagree.

Background
Because of the multitudes of cultures that have passed through the Hawaiian islands throughout the centuries, there is no one way to speak the dialect. But for simplicity, the government and most non-Senzanjima dialect speakers associate the dialect with the entire prefecture. However, this hasn't deterred locals from correcting media and tourists from time to time.

The most commonly known Senzanjima dialect is spoken in the capital and largest city of Byōkō and its surrounding wards, on the island of Kai'ichijima. Although other variants are known to be very similar, most locals say that no two islands share the same speech. This article will focus primarily on the variant spoken in Byōkō and the island of Kai'ichijima.

Vocabulary
One of the biggest differences between Senzanjima and Standard Japanese is the vocabulary, which is distinct. This has led to some linguists to propose that the dialect is in fact a pidgin of Japanese and Hawaiian, instead just a dialect of Japanese. This claim has not been accepted by major linguists and is therefore only a claim thus far.

The Senzanjima dialect utilizes words from Native Hawaiian in place of Japanese words for some terms, below is a list of some common Japanese words and their replacements in the Senzanjima dialect.