Old Japanese (上古日本語, jōko nihongo?) is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language.
Read more about Old Japanese: Dating, Writing System, Phonology, Syllable Structure, Dialects
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“I am a lantern
My head a moon
Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin
Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.”
—Sylvia Plath (19321963)