Old Japanese

Summary

Old Japanese is a historical language^[1]. It draws 2,041 Wikipedia views per month (historical_language category, ranking #6 of 29).^[2]

Key Facts

• Old Japanese is in the country of Japan^[3].
• Old Japanese's instance of is recorded as historical language^[4].
• Old Japanese followed Yamatai^[5].
• Old Japanese was followed by Early Middle Japanese^[6].
• Old Japanese is a type of Japonic^[7].
• Old Japanese's writing system is recorded as kanji^[8].
• Old Japanese's writing system is recorded as man'yōgana^[9].
• Old Japanese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Japanese language^[10].
• Old Japanese's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=829^[11].
• Old Japanese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '上代日本語'}^[12].
• Old Japanese dates from the ancient times^[13].
• Old Japanese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/OJP^[14].
• Old Japanese's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb^[15].
• Old Japanese's linguistic typology is recorded as agglutinative language^[16].

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Definition and Type

Old Japanese's instance of is recorded as historical language^[4]. It is a type of Japonic^[7].

Why It Matters

Old Japanese draws 2,041 Wikipedia views per month (historical_language category, ranking #6 of 29).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]