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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824755303321

Autore

Iwasaki Shò„ichi

Titolo

Japanese / / Shoichi Iwasaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 2002

ISBN

1-283-09248-4

9786613092489

90-272-8543-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 360 pages) : map

Collana

London Oriental and African language library, , 1382-3485 ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

495.6/5

Soggetti

Japanese language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Japanese ranks as the sixth language of the world with more than 125 million speakers in the island state of Japan. Its genetic relation has been a topic of heated discussion, but Altaic and Austronesian languages appear to have contributed to the early formation of this language. It has a long written tradition, which goes back to texts from the eighth century AD. The modern writing system employs a mixture of Chinese characters and two sets of syllabary developed from the Chinese characters.