Archaic Chinese

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Archaic_Chinese

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Old_Chinese
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Cantonese gptkb:Hakka gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese gptkb:Gan_Chinese gptkb:Middle_Chinese gptkb:Chinese_characters gptkb:Min_Chinese gptkb:Wu_Chinese Modern Chinese languages
gptkbp:endDate	c. 220 BCE
gptkbp:extinct	yes
gptkbp:hasPhonology	toneless
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Archaic Chinese
gptkbp:ISO639-3	och
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	lack of tones monosyllabic morphemes rich consonant clusters
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Chunqiu gptkb:Shijing gptkb:Shujing gptkb:Yijing
gptkbp:restored	gptkb:Bernhard_Karlgren gptkb:Laurent_Sagart gptkb:William_H._Baxter
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:ancient_China
gptkbp:startDate	c. 1250 BCE
gptkbp:usedDuring	gptkb:Warring_States_period gptkb:Spring_and_Autumn_period gptkb:Shang_dynasty gptkb:Zhou_dynasty
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Old_Chinese
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5