Note 18 — NOTES, AUTHORITIES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
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Footnote 18:
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That is, no dialects like those which separate the people of China. The ordinary folks of Satsuma and Suruga, for example, however, would find it difficult to understand each other if only the local speech were used. Men from the extremes of the Empire use the Tōkiō standard language in communicating with each other.