Japanese language

language spoken in East Asia

language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc)

stage of the Japanese language during the Heian period (794–1185)

Sinicization, sinofication, sinification, or sinonization (from the prefix , 'Chinese, relating to China') is the process by which non-Chinese societies or groups are acculturated or assimilated into Chinese culture, particularly the language, societal norms, cultural practices, and ethnic identity of the Han Chinese—the largest ethnic group of China.

overview of names for the Asian island state

Form of Japanese spoken from the 12th century through the 16th century

writing conventions

are native Japanese words, meaning those words in Japanese that have been inherited from Old Japanese, rather than being borrowed at some stage. Together with kango () and gairaigo (), they form one of the three main sources of Japanese words (there is also elaborate Japanese sound symbolism, of mimetic origin). They are also known as .

thumb|1937 newspaper advertisement featuring Kyōwa-go or Xieheyu () is either of two pidginized languages, one Japanese-based and one Mandarin-based, that were spoken in Manchukuo in the 1930s and 1940s. They are also known as , , and .

stage of the Japanese language following Middle Japanese and preceding Modern Japanese

outline of words and grammatical constructions male vs female

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language family proposal linking Dravidian language to Korean and sometimes Japanese; proposed by Susumu Ōno in 1970 and Morgan E. Clippinger in 1984

thumb|An example of yakuwarigo. ござる gozaru is a typical word that evokes ninja or samurai. '''''' (, "role language") is a style of language, often used in works of fiction, that conveys certain traits about its speaker such as age, gender, and class. It is particularly used in reference to the styles of speech found in Japanese-language media such as manga, anime, and novels. Although highly recognisable, it is usually partially or entirely distinct from the real life language typical of the kind of people it is used to represent. The extent and variety of in Japanese can pose problems for tr

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simplified form of Japanese for children and foreign language learners

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unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language