Old Japanese
E136563
Old Japanese is the earliest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in texts from roughly the 8th century and foundational to the later development of Japanese and related languages.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Japanese canonical | 11 |
| Early Middle Japanese | 1 |
| Old Japanese language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197059 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Old Japanese Context triple: [Ryukyuan languages, hasAncestor, Old Japanese]
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A.
Classical Japanese
Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
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B.
Late Middle Japanese
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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C.
Japanese
Japanese is the national language of Japan, a Japonic language known for its complex writing system combining kanji and kana.
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D.
Yamato period
The Yamato period was an early era of Japanese history (roughly 3rd to 7th century) marked by the political consolidation of the Yamato clan, the emergence of a centralized state, and the introduction of Buddhism and Chinese cultural influences.
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E.
Heian period
The Heian period was a classical era of Japanese history (794–1185) marked by an imperial court-centered culture, flourishing literature such as The Tale of Genji, and the development of a distinct Japanese aesthetic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Old Japanese Target entity description: Old Japanese is the earliest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in texts from roughly the 8th century and foundational to the later development of Japanese and related languages.
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A.
Classical Japanese
Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
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B.
Late Middle Japanese
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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C.
Japanese
Japanese is the national language of Japan, a Japonic language known for its complex writing system combining kanji and kana.
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D.
Yamato period
The Yamato period was an early era of Japanese history (roughly 3rd to 7th century) marked by the political consolidation of the Yamato clan, the emergence of a centralized state, and the introduction of Buddhism and Chinese cultural influences.
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E.
Heian period
The Heian period was a classical era of Japanese history (794–1185) marked by an imperial court-centered culture, flourishing literature such as The Tale of Genji, and the development of a distinct Japanese aesthetic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Japanese language
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historical language ⓘ stage of the Japanese language ⓘ |
| attestedInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| attestedInWork |
Fudoki
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Kojiki ⓘ Man'yōshū ⓘ Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| era | Nara period ⓘ |
| follows |
Proto-Japonic language
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surface form:
Proto-Japanese
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| hasFeature |
absence of kana syllabaries
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distinct verbal conjugation classes ⓘ distinction between /ko₁/ and /ko₂/ type syllables ⓘ limited use of grammatical particles compared to later Japanese ⓘ richer vowel system than later Japanese ⓘ use of bound auxiliary verbs ⓘ use of syllabic spelling with Chinese characters ⓘ |
| hasGrammar |
SOV word order
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agglutinative morphology ⓘ postpositional particles ⓘ |
| hasLexicon |
early Sino-Japanese loanwords
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native Yamato vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
distinction between /mo₁/ and /mo₂/ type syllables
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eight-vowel system hypothesis ⓘ |
| hasRole |
basis for study of early Japanese culture
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foundation for reconstruction of Proto-Japanese ⓘ |
| hasScriptOrigin | adaptation of Chinese writing to Japanese ⓘ |
| hasStatus | earliest attested form of Japanese ⓘ |
| influenced |
Classical Japanese
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Early Middle Japanese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Japanese
|
| ISO639-3Code | ojp ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Japanese language ⓘ |
| precedes | Early Middle Japanese ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Japanese philology
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comparative Japonic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | late 8th century ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | early 8th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
House of Yamato
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surface form:
Yamato court
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| usedFor |
imperial chronicles
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official records ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| usedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Classical Chinese characters
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Man'yōgana ⓘ |
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Subject: Old Japanese Description of subject: Old Japanese is the earliest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in texts from roughly the 8th century and foundational to the later development of Japanese and related languages.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.