Langenesis

Japonic family

Middle Japanese

800 CE – 1600 CE Extinct

Middle Japanese (800 CE – 1600 CE) is an extinct Japonic language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Japonic → Old Japanese → Middle Japanese.

See Middle Japanese on the interactive map

Encompasses Early Middle Japanese (Heian, 794–1185) and Late Middle Japanese (Kamakura through Azuchi-Momoyama, 1185–1600). The language of the Tale of Genji and classical waka poetry.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Japonicc. 500 BCE – 0 CE
  2. Old Japanese700 CE – 800 CE
  3. Middle Japanese800 CE – 1600 CE

Descendants 1

Sources