Early Middle Japanese
Also known as Late Old Japanese, Chūko-Nihongo
stage of the Japanese language during the Heian period (794–1185)
Key facts
- Region
- Japan
- Era
- Evolved into Late Middle Japanese at the end of the 12th century
- Language family
- Japonic Japanese Early Middle Japanese
- Early form
- Old Japanese
- Writing system
- Hiragana , Katakana , and Han
- Iso 639 3
- ojp (Old Japanese)
- Linguist list
- ojp Described as "The ancestor of modern Japanese. 7th–10th centuries AD." The more usual date for the change from Old Japanese to Middle Japanese is ca. 800 (end of the Nara era).
- Glottolog
- None
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Early Middle Japanese (中古日本語, Chūko-Nihongo) is a stage of the Japanese language between 794 and 1185, which is known as the Heian period (平安時代). The successor to Old Japanese (上代日本語), it is also known as Late Old Japanese. However, the term "Early Middle Japanese" is preferred, as it is closer to Late Middle Japanese (中世日本語, after 1185) than to Old Japanese (before 794).
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