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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUIEuG5Ox6A 中国历代语音变化 Phonetic Change of Chinese] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUIEuG5Ox6A 中国历代语音变化 Phonetic Change of Chinese] | ||
== 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. | |||
* Most scholars now believe that Old Chinese lacked tones. | |||
* [[Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters|Colloquial readings]] of [[Harnji]] generally descend from Old Chinese, dating back to the [[Haxn-tiaau|Han Dynasty]] (206 BC – 220 AD). |
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