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{{lead|Tiongkor Harnguo|中古漢語|Middle Chinese|spoken during {{w|Northern and Southern Dynasties}} and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century - 10th century)}}
{{lead|Tiongkor Harnguo|中古漢語|Middle Chinese|spoken during {{w|Northern and Southern Dynasties}} and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century - 10th century)}}
* historical variety of Chinese recorded in the ''[[Chiet'un]]''
* most scholars now believe it records a compromise between northern and southern reading and poetic traditions from the late [[Lampag-tiaau|Northern and Southern dynasties]] period


* Literary layer of Hokkien can be related to Middle Chinese
* Literary layer of Hokkien can be related to Middle Chinese
* Literary form of Hokkien, used at one time for formal writing, is now largely extinct
* Literary form of Hokkien, used at one time for formal writing, is now largely extinct
* Literary readings are more similar to Middle Chinese than their colloquial equivalents
* 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
* The bulk of literary readings of ''[[Harnji]]'' are based on [[Toong-tiaau|Tang dynasty]] pronunciations, mainly used in formal phrases and written language
* Most scholars now believe MC represents the [[Lampag-tiaau|Northern and Southern dynasties]]
* Min dialects (including Hokkien), show independent developments from [[Sioxngkor Harnguo|Old Chinese]]
* Min dialects (including Hokkien), show independent developments from [[Sioxngkor Harnguo|Old Chinese]]


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