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Aug 25, 2024 · Japanese language, a language isolate (i.e., a language unrelated to any other language) and one of the world’s major languages, with more than 127 million speakers in the early 21st century. It is primarily spoken throughout the Japanese archipelago; there are also some 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and their descendants living abroad ...
- Masayoshi Shibatani
The problem of the origins of the Japanese language is a vexing one, and it was a subject of a long debate between many competing hypotheses starting roughly in the mid-19th century, although one of these hypotheses, namely the Japanese-Korean hypothesis (which is still very influential today), was first proposed much earlier at the end of 18th century.
Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...
Sep 6, 1999 · Daniel J. Vogler 20 March 1998 Linguistics 450 Cynthia Hallen. An Overview of the History of The Japanese Language. Theories have sprung up to explain the origin of the Japanese language until they have become as varied as the seasons. In fact, Roy Miller, a profuse writer and well-respected authority on this language, says with respect to ...
Metrics. Bjarke Frellesvig describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day as reflected by the written sources and historical record. Beginning with a description of the oldest attested stage of the language, Old Japanese (approximately the eighth century AD), and then tracing the changes ...
- Bjarke Frellesvig
- 2010
Late Middle Japanese. This language was used between 1185 and 1600. Usage of the language is divided into 2 parts, which more or less correspond to the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333) and the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573).This latter language form was the first Japanese language documented by Europeans such as Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries.
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After the Meiji Restoration, we can start referring to Japanese as “Early Modern” Japanese. During the 19th century, the language evolved from its “Early Modern” stage into its “Modern” variety. After World War II, the language was standardized, the Japanese market for novels rose, and Japanese was enriched with more loan words.
