What dialects are there in Japan?

Japanese can be roughly divided into Eastern Dialect, Western Dialect and Kyushu Dialect, and further divided into Hokkaido Dialect, Tohoku Dialect, Kanto Dialect, Donghai Dongshan Dialect, Bazhangdao Dialect, Hokuriku Dialect, Feng Jingen Dialect, Chinese Dialect, Yunbo Dialect, Shikoku Dialect, Fengri Dialect, Zhu Fei Dialect and Yu Sa Dialect.

Ryukyu language used by Ryukyu people is closely related to Japanese. It retains many features of ancient Japanese in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, but it is another language related to Japanese. However, Okinawa is popular with a Japanese dialect which is a mixture of Ryukyu accent and vocabulary, that is, Okinawa-style Japanese.

Pronunciation commonly used in Japan is called standard language (ひょぅじゅんご) or * * lingua franca (きょぅつぅご), which is

Due to the promotion of education and mass media, the common language in Japan is so popular that even people who can't speak it well can understand it. Although dialects sound friendly, most Japanese people use * * * lingua franca when communicating with others or on more formal occasions. When foreigners learn Japanese, they all learn the common language (Tokyo dialect). Dialects are generally limited to conversations between family members or fellow villagers. Dialects are also used from time to time in TV, movies and novels to achieve entertainment or make characters more vivid.