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Preferred term

ochOld Chinese  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Old Chinese , also called Archaic Chinese in older works, refers to the form of Chinese spoken from the beginning of written records (around 1200 BC) until the 3rd century BC. The earliest inscriptions are undoubtedly Chinese, but are limited in scope and not fully understood.

Entry terms

  • Chinese, Old

ISO 639-3 code

  • och

In other languages

  • 上古漢語

    Cantonese

  • 上古汉语

    Chinese

  • Chinois archaïque

    French

  • Altchinesische Sprache

    German

  • Bahasa Tionghoa Kuno

    Indonesian

  • Cinese antico

    Italian

  • 上古音

    Japanese

  • Bahasa Cina Lama

    Malay

  • Siōng-kó͘ Hàn-gí

    Min Nan Chinese

  • Język starochiński

    Polish

  • Chinês antigo

    Portuguese

  • Древнекитайский язык

    Russian

  • Старокинески језик

    Serbian

  • Starokineski jezik

    Serbo-Croatian

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/och

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