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{{GSW|Tiongkor Harnguo|中古漢語|Middle Chinese}}
 
* Literary layer of Hokkien can be related to Middle Chinese
* Literary form of Hokkien, used at one time for formal writing, now largely extinct
* Literary readings are more similar to Middle Chinese than their colloquial equivalents
* The bulk of literary readings of ''[[Harnji]]'' are based on Tang dynasty pronunciations, mainly used in formal phrases and written language
* Most scholars now believe MC represents the {{w|Southern and Northern Dynasties}}
 
== See also ==
* [[Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters]]
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