Middle Chinese (Tang Dynasty, Chang'an dialect)
Middle Chinese (Mid-Tang Dynasty, Chang'an Dialect) 中古漢語(盛中唐長安方言) | |
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Language family | Sino-Tibetan Sinitic |
Era | ~720 to 780 CE |
Writing system | Chinese |
Official status | |
Spoken in | Islands of Ximh Gwynh |
Speaker | |
Technical information | |
Usage | Official language for communication and documentation |
Phonology
Initials
!! Bilabial !! Labio-dental !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Alveolo-palatal !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal | |||||||||
Prenasalised | ᵐb | ᶬʋ | ⁿd | ᶯɖ | ᶮʑ | ᵑɡ | |||
Plosive | Tenuis | p | t | ʈ | k | ʔ | |||
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Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||||
Voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ |