Old Chinese core wordlist — CN

Core wordlist. These forms are phonetic transcriptions from the ASJP Database; native spelling has not been recorded yet. This page lists 15 recorded forms in Old Chinese, each shown as a phonetic transcription in slashes.

Source: Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org — licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

This page lists every recorded Old Chinese form on LanguageKnow. It currently lists 15 forms. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

Old Chinese is a historical language. Its entries come from scholarly and openly licensed sources rather than from a present-day speech community.