Comparison of Pronunciation in Ancient Chinese, Modern Cantonese and Modern Mandarin, with Japanese Examples = 唐代中文與當代中文

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Chor, Louis 左永業

• Notable similarities between Ancient Chinese (a.k.a. Middle Chinese) and modern Cantonese are shown with examples of Chinese characters. This comparison was inspired by Bernhard Karlgren's work on Ancient Chinese.

• Date created

  2016-12-25

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Ancient Chinese
  • 廣州話
  • Chinese phonology
  • 漢音
  • Bernhard Karlgren
  • Chinese pronunciation
  • 廣東話
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • 廣府話
  • Putonghua
  • 國語
  • Japanese kanji
  • 入聲
  • 粵語
  • 日本語
  • Middle Chinese
  • 高本漢
  • Ｃhinese language
  • 普通話
  • Chinese dialects
  • Chinese characters
  • 中古漢語
  • 漢字
  • Cantonese

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R36T0H09J

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International