Old Japanese

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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    “In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)