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Hyogo

In Hyogo, people often say しとう instead of してる in standard Japanese.
Standard
Kobe
English
してる
しとう
(I’m/they’re) doing 〜. ("be doing" form)
何してるの？
何しとん？
What are you doing?
This rule applies to other verbs as well.
Verb
Standard
Kobe
食べる [たべる]
to eat
食べてる [たべてる]
(I’m/they’re) eating
食べとう [たべとう]
持つ [もつ]
to hold
持ってる [もってる]
(I’m/they’re) holding
持っとう [もっとう]
話す [はなす]
to talk, speak
話してる [はなしてる]
(I’m/they’re) talking
話しとう [はなしとう]