Chinese phonology
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Chinese phonology generally means:
For the phonology of other varieties of Chinese, see the respective articles of each variety.
- Historical Chinese phonologyHistorical Chinese phonologyHistorical Chinese phonology deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for example, Indo-European...
- Modern Standard Chinese phonology
For the phonology of other varieties of Chinese, see the respective articles of each variety.