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).

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