Talk:Sioxngkor Harnguo
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Old Chinese
- Old Chinese refers to the form of Chinese spoken from the beginning of written records (around 1200 BC) until the 3rd century BC.
- Originally monosyllabic language
- Most recent reconstructions also describe it as a language without tones
- Colloquial readings of Harnji generally descend from Old Chinese, dating back to the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD).