"Old Chinese" meaning in All languages combined

See Old Chinese on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/ [UK], /ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/ [US]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Chinese}} Old Chinese
  1. (retronym) A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE. Tags: retronym Synonyms: Archaic Chinese [obsolete] Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms Coordinate_terms: Old Chinese, Middle Chinese Translations (ancestor of the Chinese language): γλῶσσα Σηρική παλαιά (glôssa Sērikḗ palaiá) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 上古漢語 /上古汉语 (shànggǔ hànyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), muinaiskiina (Finnish), chinois archaïque [masculine] (French), chinés antigo [masculine] (Galician), Altchinesisch [neuter] (German), Παλαιά Κινεζικά (Palaiá Kineziká) [feminine] (Greek), antico cinese [masculine] (Italian), cinese antico [masculine] (Italian), Lingua Sinica antiqua [feminine] (Latin), język starochiński [masculine] (Polish), древнекита́йский (drevnekitájskij) (alt: язы́к) [masculine] (Russian)

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