Early Middle Japanese

E570527

historical stage of the Japanese language language variety

Early Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language used roughly from the late 8th to the 12th century, marked by significant phonological and grammatical changes and documented in early Heian-period literature.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Early Middle Japanese canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of the Japanese language ⓘ language variety ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	early Heian Japanese ⓘ
associatedWithEra	early Heian period ⓘ late Heian period ⓘ mid Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	Gosen Wakashū NERFINISHED ⓘ Ise Monogatari NERFINISHED ⓘ Kagerō Nikki NERFINISHED ⓘ Kokin Wakashū NERFINISHED ⓘ Makura no Sōshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shūi Wakashū NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tale of Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ Tosa Nikki NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Old Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	changes in case particle system ⓘ changes in verb conjugation patterns ⓘ development of auxiliary verbs ⓘ development of kana syllabaries ⓘ emergence of honorific and humble verb forms ⓘ increased use of Chinese loanwords ⓘ increased use of periphrastic constructions ⓘ loss or merger of some Old Japanese phonemic distinctions ⓘ significant grammatical change from Old Japanese ⓘ significant phonological change from Old Japanese ⓘ
hasScriptDevelopment	transition from man’yōgana to hiragana and katakana ⓘ
influenced	Classical Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Middle Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages ⓘ
mainlyUsedBy	Heian court aristocracy ⓘ
mainlyUsedInGenre	court diaries ⓘ monogatari prose ⓘ waka poetry ⓘ
partOf	history of the Japanese language ⓘ
precedes	Late Middle Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardVarietyBasedIn	Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField	historical Japanese linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ
timeSpanEnd	12th century ⓘ
timeSpanStart	late 8th century ⓘ
usedInPeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ late 8th century ⓘ
usedInRegion	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Man’yōgana NERFINISHED ⓘ early kana ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Old Japanese → precedes → Early Middle Japanese ⓘ

Old Japanese → influenced → Early Middle Japanese ⓘ