Origins of Japanese

Language Log 2026-01-02

Summary:

This makes a good match for Bob Ramsey's "The Japanese language and the Japanese people" (12/30/25). Just how yuniku ユニク ("unique") is Japanese?   Selected readings "Circumspection, circumlocution, irresolution, and indecisiveness in Japanese" (1/11/22) "The birth of modern Japanese language and literature in the Literary Sinitic context" (3/20/21)

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/02/2026, 11:40

Date published:

01/02/2026, 11:34