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 | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| Prenasalised | ᵐb | ᶬʋ | ⁿd | ᶯɖ | ᶮʑ | ᵑɡ | |||
| Plosive | Tenuis | p | t | ʈ | k | ʔ | |||
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||||
| Voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||||
| Affricate | Tenuis | p͡f | t͡s | ʈ͡ʂ | t͡ɕ | ||||
| Aspirated | p͡fʰ | t͡sʰ | ʈ͡ʂʰ | t͡ɕʰ | |||||
| Voiced | b͡v | d͡z | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | ʂ | ɕ | x | ||||
| Voiced | z | ʑ | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j | ɰ | ||||||