Early Modern Japanese

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historical stage of the Japanese language language variety

Early Modern Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language used roughly from the 17th to the mid-19th century, characterized by the linguistic forms found in Edo-period literature and the transition toward modern Japanese.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of the Japanese language ⓘ language variety ⓘ
approximateEnd	mid-19th century ⓘ
associatedWithCapital	Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	changes in auxiliary verb system ⓘ development of honorific and polite forms toward modern usage ⓘ early borrowing of Western loanwords ⓘ increasing use of colloquial forms in writing ⓘ lexical expansion through Sino-Japanese vocabulary ⓘ linguistic forms found in Edo-period literature ⓘ morphological simplification compared to Classical Japanese ⓘ phonological changes from Middle Japanese ⓘ shift in verb conjugation patterns ⓘ transition toward Modern Japanese grammar ⓘ
documentedIn	Edo-period poetry ⓘ Edo-period prose ⓘ bunraku scripts ⓘ kabuki plays ⓘ kokkeibon (comic fiction) ⓘ rangaku texts ⓘ sharebon (pleasure-quarter fiction) ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi literature ⓘ yomihon (didactic fiction) ⓘ
follows	Late Middle Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	distinction between literary and colloquial styles ⓘ gradual replacement of classical particles by modern equivalents ⓘ phonetic changes leading toward loss of some historical distinctions ⓘ use of classical auxiliary -beshi in early stages ⓘ use of classical auxiliary -keri ⓘ
hasStageIn	history of the Japanese language ⓘ
hasTransitionTo	standard Japanese of the Meiji period ⓘ
influenced	Modern Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Classical Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
orthographyBasedOn	Classical Japanese written norms ⓘ
precedes	Modern Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenVarietiesInclude	Edo dialect ⓘ Kyoto dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField	Japanese historical linguistics ⓘ
timeSpanApproximate	c. 1600–1868 ⓘ
usedFromCentury	17th century ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInRegion	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedUntilCentury	19th century ⓘ
writingSystem	hiragana ⓘ kana-based orthography ⓘ kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ

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Late Middle Japanese → developedInto → Early Modern Japanese ⓘ