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Name: Middle Chinese Code: ltc Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: LINGUIST List Families: Sino-Tibetan Parent Language: Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese (lzh) Child Languages: Chinese, Hakka; Hakka Chinese; Hakka Dialect Group; Hakka; Hokka; Kejia; Kechia; Ke; Xinminhua; Majiahua; Tu Guangdonghua; Gan-Hakka; Chinese; K'echia; Hokka; K'e; Chinese,Hakka (hak) Chinese, Mandarin; Mandarin Chinese; Mandarin Supergroup; Putonghua; Mandarin; Guanhua; Beifang Fangyan; Northern Chinese; Guoyu; Standard Chinese; Hanyu; Pei; Northern Chinese; Chinese,Mandarin (cmn) Chinese, Wu; Wu Chinese; Wu Dialect Family; Wú; Wu; Wu (Changzhou); Chinese,Wu (wuu) Chinese, Yue; Yue Chinese; Yue Dialect Family; Yuè; Cantonese; Yue; Yüeh; Yue; Chinese,Yue (yue) Chinese, Xiang; Xiang Chinese; Xiang Dialect Family; Xiāng; Hunan; Hunanese; Xiang; Hsiang; Hunan; Hunanese; Chinese,Xiang (hsn) Chinese, Gan; Gan Chinese; Gan Dialect Family; Gàn; Gan; Kan; Gan-Hakka; Chinese,Gan (gan) Chinese, Huizhou; Huizhou Chinese; Huizhou; Chinese,Huizhou (czh) Dungan; Dzhunyan; Tungan; Huizu; Zwn'jan; Kwuizwu; Doungane (fra); Dungano (spa) (dng) Chinese, Jinyu; Jinyu Chinese; Jinyu; Chinese,Jinyu (cjy) Brief Description: An earlier form of Chinese, used in North China. This refers to the Chinese language spoken during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century - 10th century)

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Linguist List Status: Extinct