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 ==Notes ==
-*"{{w|Ancient Chinese}}" as used by linguist {{w|Bernhard Karlgren}}
+*Refers to the Chinese language spoken during {{w|Southern and Northern Dynasties}} and the Sui ([[Suii]]), Tang ([[Toong]]), and Song ([[Soxng]]) dynasties (6th century - 10th century). Called "{{w|Ancient Chinese}}" as used by linguist {{w|Bernhard Karlgren}}.
-*refers to the Chinese language spoken during {{w|Southern and Northern Dynasties}} and the Sui ([[Suii]]), Tang ([[Toong]]), and Song ([[Soxng]]) dynasties (6th century - 10th century).
+* Literary Hokkien, which was originally developed in the 10th century in Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]]) and based on Middle Chinese, was used at one time for formal writing, but is now largely extinct.
-* Literary Taiwanese, which was originally developed in the 10th century in Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]]) and based on Middle Chinese, was used at one time for formal writing, but is now largely extinct.
+*The bulk of literary readings (文讀, [[bunthak]]) of [[Harnji]] are based on pronunciations of the vernacular during the Tang ([[Toong]]) dynasty and mainly used in formal phrases and written language. So, literary readings are more similar to the pronunciations of the Tang standard of Middle Chinese than their colloquial equivalents.
 == SKBC ==