Old Chinese

Summary

Old Chinese is an ancient language^[1]. It draws 3,151 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_language category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Old Chinese is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Old Chinese is in the country of Xia dynasty^[4].
• Old Chinese is in the country of Shang dynasty^[5].
• Old Chinese is in the country of Zhou dynasty^[6].
• Old Chinese is in the country of Jin dynasty^[7].
• Old Chinese is in the country of Sui dynasty^[8].
• Old Chinese's instance of is recorded as ancient language^[9].
• Old Chinese's instance of is recorded as language^[10].
• Old Chinese is a type of Chinese^[11].
• Old Chinese is a type of Sinitic^[12].
• Old Chinese is a type of Historical Chinese^[13].
• Old Chinese's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters^[14].
• Old Chinese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Chinese^[15].
• Old Chinese's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=331^[16].
• Old Chinese's replaces is recorded as Proto-Chinese^[17].
• Old Chinese's replaced by is recorded as Middle Chinese^[18].
• Old Chinese's replaced by is recorded as Min Chinese^[19].
• Old Chinese's studied by is recorded as historical Chinese phonology^[20].
• Old Chinese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/OCH^[21].
• Old Chinese's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q22828622^[22].
• Old Chinese's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object^[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ancient language^[9] and language^[10]. Recorded subclass of include Chinese^[11], Sinitic^[12], and Historical Chinese^[13].

Why It Matters

Old Chinese draws 3,151 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_language category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]