Late Middle Japanese

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historical stage of the Japanese language language variety

Late Middle Japanese is a historical stage of the Japanese language, spoken roughly between the 12th and 16th centuries, that marks the transition from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese in phonology, grammar, and vocabulary.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Late Middle Japanese canonical	1
Middle Japanese	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of the Japanese language ⓘ language variety ⓘ
chronologicallyOverlaps	Kamakura period ⓘ Muromachi period ⓘ Sengoku period ⓘ
developedFrom	Old Japanese ⓘ
developedInto	Early Modern Japanese ⓘ
endTime	16th century ⓘ
follows	Old Japanese ⓘ surface form: Early Middle Japanese
hasAlternativeName	Chūsei Nihongo ⓘ
hasFeature	changes in pitch accent patterns ⓘ changes in verb conjugation patterns ⓘ development of honorific systems ⓘ expansion of auxiliary verbs ⓘ greater grammaticalization of function words ⓘ increased use of Sino-Japanese vocabulary ⓘ increased use of kana in literary texts ⓘ phonological reduction of certain vowels ⓘ transition in grammar from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese ⓘ transition in phonology from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese ⓘ transition in vocabulary from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese ⓘ
hasKeyChange	emergence of forms closer to modern Japanese polite speech ⓘ increased standardization of written forms ⓘ shift in some consonant pronunciations ⓘ simplification of certain Old Japanese morphological distinctions ⓘ
hasSubperiod	Japanese ⓘ surface form: Kamakura Japanese Muromachi period ⓘ surface form: Muromachi Japanese
influenced	Early Modern Japanese grammar ⓘ Early Modern Japanese lexicon ⓘ Early Modern Japanese phonology ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhist scholastic language ⓘ Classical Chinese ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages ⓘ
partOf	history of the Japanese language ⓘ
precedes	Edo period ⓘ surface form: Early Modern Japanese
startTime	12th century ⓘ
studiedIn	Japanese philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
timeSpanApproximate	c. 1150–1600 ⓘ
usedFor	Buddhist texts ⓘ court literature ⓘ diaries and personal writings ⓘ official documents ⓘ
usedIn	Japan ⓘ
writingSystem	hiragana ⓘ kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japonic languages → hasHistoricalStage → Late Middle Japanese ⓘ

Muromachi period → language → Late Middle Japanese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Japanese