Proto-Sinitic

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Proto-Sinitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Sinitic (Chinese) languages, from which all modern varieties of Chinese are believed to have descended.

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Label Occurrences
Proto-Sinitic canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proto-language
reconstructed language
alternativeName Proto-Chinese NERFINISHED
ancestorOf Cantonese
Chinese languages
Gan Chinese NERFINISHED
Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED
Jin Chinese NERFINISHED
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Min Chinese NERFINISHED
Wu Chinese NERFINISHED
Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED
modern Sinitic varieties
branch Sinitic NERFINISHED
distinguishedFrom Middle Chinese NERFINISHED
Modern Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED
Old Chinese NERFINISHED
hasConceptualPrecursor early notions of a common Chinese ancestor language
hasDescendantStage Middle Chinese NERFINISHED
Old Chinese NERFINISHED
hasProperty reconstructed lexicon
reconstructed morphology
reconstructed phonological system
hasRole common ancestor of Sinitic languages
hasStatus hypothetical
reconstructed only
hasUncertain exact chronological dating
internal subgrouping of descendants
influences models of Chinese dialect history
reconstruction of Old Chinese
isHypothesizedBy comparative method
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
notAttestedIn written records
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
reconstructedFrom Old Chinese reconstructions
comparative evidence of Sinitic languages
phonological correspondences in Chinese dialects
shared vocabulary in Sinitic languages
studiedIn Chinese historical phonology
Sino-Tibetan linguistics
historical linguistics
subgroupOf Sinitic branch
timeDepth before attested Old Chinese
prehistoric period
usedFor explaining regular sound correspondences in Sinitic
reconstructing earlier stages of Chinese

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan hasSubdivision Proto-Sinitic