Scripture in Old Chinese
Our sources record no known Scripture in Old Chinese.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Old Chinese is spoken
- China
About Old Chinese
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan
- ISO 639-3 code
- och
- Glottocode
- oldc1244
Dialects and varieties 2
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Old Chinese as a whole.
- Late Han ChineseNo known Scripture
- Shanggu HanyuNo known Scripture
Other languages of China
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.