noun
Early Modern Chinese
Linguistics term referring to the Chinese language of the Early Modern period (roughly 14th–19th centuries). Used in historical phonology and dialectology.
近古音の研究は、中国語の歴史的な音韻変化を理解する上で重要だ。
The study of Early Modern Chinese is important for understanding historical phonological changes in Chinese.
Refers to Old Chinese, the earliest reconstructed stage. 近古音 is much more recent.
Compound of 近古 (early modern) + 音 (sound). The term is a modern linguistic coinage for the historical Chinese phonological stage.