Proto-Sinitic
E572293
Proto-Sinitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Sinitic (Chinese) languages, from which all modern varieties of Chinese are believed to have descended.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.