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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)}} | |||
* 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 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 | |||
* The bulk of literary readings of ''[[Harnji]]'' are based on [[Toong-tiaau|Tang dynasty]] pronunciations, mainly used in formal phrases and written language | |||
* Min dialects (including Hokkien), show independent developments from [[Sioxngkor Harnguo|Old Chinese]] | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters]] | |||
* [[Sursefng]] |
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