Classical Japanese
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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.
Aliases (1)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language form
→
literary language → stage of the Japanese language → |
| alsoKnownAs |
bungo
→
kobun → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Japan
→
|
| distinctFrom |
Modern Japanese
→
|
| era |
Edo period
→
Heian period → Kamakura period → Muromachi period → |
| follows |
Old Japanese
→
|
| hasCanonicalWork |
Kokin Wakashū
→
Manyōshū → The Pillow Book → The Tale of Genji → |
| hasFeature |
case-marking particles
→
classical auxiliary verbs → different honorific system from modern Japanese → different sentence-final particles from modern Japanese → distinct adjective conjugation patterns → distinct verb conjugation patterns → |
| hasGrammarDescription |
classical Japanese grammar textbooks
→
|
| hasPart |
classical Japanese grammar
→
classical Japanese orthography → classical Japanese vocabulary → |
| influenced |
Modern written Japanese
→
|
| ISOStatus |
not assigned a separate ISO 639 code from Japanese
→
|
| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
→
|
| linguisticType |
primarily written standard
→
|
| nativeLanguageOf |
Japan (historical)
→
|
| precedes |
Modern Japanese
→
|
| standardFormOf |
written Japanese in premodern times
→
|
| studiedIn |
Japanese philology
→
classical Japanese literature studies → |
| taughtAs |
specialized subject in Japanese education
→
|
| timePeriod |
roughly 9th to 19th century
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|
| usedFor |
court records
→
imperial edicts → poetry → prose literature → religious texts → |
| usedIn |
historical legal texts in Japan
→
official documents in Japan → premodern Japanese literature → |
| writingSystem |
hiragana
→
kanji → katakana → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Heian period
→
Kojiki → Meiji Constitution → |
language |
|
Japonic languages
("Early Middle Japanese")
→
|
hasHistoricalStage |
|
Jōgan era reforms
→
|
languageOfRecord |
|
Murasaki Shikibu
→
|
languageOfWorkOrName |