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Proto-Mandarin

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'''Proto-Mandarin''' is a term that can be used to designate any earlier form of the most widely-spoken Chinese language Chinese dialect, known in English language English as Mandarin (linguistics) Mandarin; technically the "late Middle Chinese" of the Song Dynasty. 'Early Mandarin' is the common name for the sound system described by the rime dictionary ''ZhÅ?ngyuÃ¡n YÄ«nyÃ¹n'' (ä¸åŽŸéŸ³éŸ», lit. Sounds and Rhymes of the Central Plains) of the later Yuan dynasty, used for rhyming of Peking Opera of that time. {{st-lang-stub}} {{Chinese_language}} Category:Chinese language