Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Tokyo Ben

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Xi Lu

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Tokyo Ben

Language Profile

TOTAL SPEAKERS

The count of native-speakers of Tokyo dialect is about 10 million.

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Japan.

BACKGROUND

In this translation, the dialect of Japanese in Tokyo is applied. The native name of it is Tokyo Ben. Historically, Tokyo is called as Edo in Japanese Language. In 1868, Emperor Meiji makes Edo become the new capital of Japan to replace Kyoto, and change the traditional name of this city to Tokyo. The dialect of Japanese in Tokyo becomes the foundation of Standard Japanese Language.