Old Chinese

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Old Chinese is the earliest attested stage of the Chinese language, spoken during the Shang and Zhou dynasties and reconstructed from ancient texts and inscriptions.

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Wu dialects → developedFrom → Old Chinese ⓘ

Wu Chinese → hasLinguisticAncestor → Old Chinese ⓘ

Chinese language → historicalAncestor → Old Chinese ⓘ

Han dynasty → language → Old Chinese ⓘ

Shang dynasty → language → Old Chinese ⓘ

State of Chu → language → Old Chinese ⓘ

Zhou dynasty → language → Old Chinese ⓘ

Ma → originatesFrom → Old Chinese ⓘ