くにことば

くにことば【国言葉】

〔方言〕 the language spoken in one's hometown; a dialect; a provincialism; a dialectal word [expression]; a vernacular; (なまり) a local pronunciation; a provincial [native] accent; a vernacular [regional mode of expression]. [⇒くになまり]

●国言葉が懐かしい. I miss the dialect spoken [way people talk, language spoken] back home [in my part of the country]. | It's so nice to hear my hometown dialect [the language spoken in my part of the country]!

・思わず国言葉が出た. I found myself speaking in dialect. | A hometown expression slipped out.