Middle Chinese
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Middle Chinese is the historical stage of the Chinese language spoken during the Sui, Tang, and early Song dynasties, serving as the ancestor of many modern Chinese varieties and a key reference for historical phonology.
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Cantonese
→
Chinese language → |
historicalAncestor |
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Wu Chinese
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hasLinguisticAncestor |
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Wu dialects
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historicalOrigin |
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Manichaeism
→
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language |