Much of the music, education, science, recreation and ideology that the Japanese have now are based on American and European influences. As a result, there are a couple different ethnic groups in Japan. Most of the residents of Japan are Japanese, but there are also Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Brazilian and other races. The main language in this country is Japanese and Ainu, but Ainu does not get used much anymore. Japanese is divided into two major dialects, Hondo and Nantō. Hondo is then divided into three sub dialects, which are Eastern, Western, and Kyushu. These sub dialects were created in the 7th and 8th centuries. The Okinawa islanders, which are long outside the mainstream of dialect change, only use the Nantō dialect and they still retain their ancient forms (Gottlieb,
Much of the music, education, science, recreation and ideology that the Japanese have now are based on American and European influences. As a result, there are a couple different ethnic groups in Japan. Most of the residents of Japan are Japanese, but there are also Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Brazilian and other races. The main language in this country is Japanese and Ainu, but Ainu does not get used much anymore. Japanese is divided into two major dialects, Hondo and Nantō. Hondo is then divided into three sub dialects, which are Eastern, Western, and Kyushu. These sub dialects were created in the 7th and 8th centuries. The Okinawa islanders, which are long outside the mainstream of dialect change, only use the Nantō dialect and they still retain their ancient forms (Gottlieb,