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The classical Japanese language (文語 bungo, "literary language"), also called "old writing" (古文 kobun), sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989).
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Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 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 ...
- ~128 million (2020)
- Kyoto City
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- Japonic, Japanese
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With classical Japanese, you gain access to earlier times, places and people in Japan. Since it’s taught today in high schools in Japan, learning some of the stories, characters, and poems of earlier times—in their original form—means more shared memes with a lot of Japanese people. (Chances are pretty good that, when they find out, they ...
The classical Japanese language, also called "old writing", sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese" is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the Heian period (794–1185), but exhibits some later ...
An introduction to classical Japanese (bungo), the premodern vernacular, which was used as Japan's literary language until well into the 20th century and remains essential for a thorough grounding in Japanese literature and culture. Prerequisites: Japanese 10B.
Classical Japanese (language of Heian period literature, 10th to 12th centuries) Middle Korean (language of Goryeo and Joseon , 10th to 16th centuries) Old Occitan (language of the troubadours , 11th to 14th centuries)
Kobun: Classical Japanese. Over several months I wrote six posts on Kobun (aka bungo / bungo-tai), the Japanese literary language of old. My goal was to take students through the important things that they will need should they want to learn to read and understand classical Japanese. I cover resources, verbs, adjectives, honorifics ...
