Langenesis

Sino-Tibetan family

Old Chinese

1,250 BCE – 25 CE Classical

Old Chinese (1,250 BCE – 25 CE) is a classical Sino-Tibetan language. It has 13 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Sinitic → Old Chinese.

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ISO 639-3
och
Glottocode
oldc1244

Spanning Shang oracle bones through the end of the Han dynasty. Includes Early Old Chinese (Shang-Western Zhou) and Late Old Chinese (Eastern Zhou-Han).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Siniticc. 1,500 BCE – 1,250 BCE
  3. Old Chinese1,250 BCE – 25 CE

Descendants 3

Sources