Dekasegi
Dekasegi (Portuguese: decassegui, decasségui, [dekaseˈgi], [dekɐˈsɛgi]) is a term that is used in Latin America to refer to people, primarily Japanese Brazilians and Japanese Peruvians, who have migrated to Japan, having taken advantage of Japanese citizenship or nisei visa and immigration laws to work short-term in Japan.
The original Japanese word dekasegi (
There are approximately 200,000 such people in Japan from Brazil alone.
Language
Some Brazilians are bilingual in Japanese and Portuguese, but many are monolingual in Portuguese alone when they first come to Japan and face additional challenges due to this language barrier. Many code-switch to Japanese when speaking Portuguese.[1]
See also
- Ethnic groups of Japan
- Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, and Gosei
- Japanese Brazilian
- Japanese people
- Language minority students in Japanese classrooms
- Migrant worker
References
- ^ Dekasseguês – the mix of Portuguese and Japanese spoken by the dekasegi – Isto é Japão!. Retrieved January 12, 2015.