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).