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ISO 639-3 · lzhlzh
Sino-Tibetan family · extinct or historical language
Classical Chinese
文言文
Classical Chinese is an extinct or historical language of the Sino-Tibetan branch. Wikidata describes it as “language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc)”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lzh- Glottocode
lite1248- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Centre point
- 36.50, 116.00
- Wikipedia
- 62 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Classical Chinese · 文言文 |
|---|---|
| Also called | Wenyan, zh-classical, lzh, Literary Chinese, Wen yan wen |
| All speakers | 0 |
| Written in | Chinese characters |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Classical Chinese yet.
family tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Classical Chinese
The branches above Classical Chinese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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