. . . "Shikoku Japanese"@en . . . . "The Shikoku dialects (\u56DB\u56FD\u65B9\u8A00, Shikoku h\u014Dgen) are a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in Shikoku Island.The Shikoku dialects are: Awa dialect (Tokushima Prefecture, formerly known as Awa Province) Sanuki dialect (Kagawa Prefecture formerly known as Sanuki Province) Iyo dialect (Ehime Prefecture, formerly known as Iyo Province) Tosa dialect (K\u014Dchi Prefecture, formerly known as Tosa Province) Hata Dialect (Hata district, westernmost of Kochi)The Shikoku dialect has many similarities to Ch\u016Bgoku dialect in grammar. "@en . .