The Sound of the Classical Japanese language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & The Parable)

Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let’s learn different languages/dialects together. I created this for educational purposes to spread awareness that we are diverse as a planet. Special Thanks to Hachia :D Native to: Japan Era: Heian period,Shōwa period Language family: Japonic 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). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the Heian period (794–1185), but exhibits some later influences. Its use started to decline during the late Meiji period (1868–1912) when novelists started writing their works in the spoken form. Eventually, the spoken style came into widespread use, including in major newspapers, but many
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