Talk:Sioxngkor Harnguo

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).

External links

• 史图馆 Histodome (2017): 中国历代语音变化 Phonetic Change of Chinese