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Introduction to the science of language, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 236 — Chapter V · THE MORPHOLOGY OF SPEECH.

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Old Chinese. Mandarin. Old Middle Dialect. Hakka Dialect. South Fukien. Canton.

g c’h, k’ (h) g (dj) k’ k’, k k’

d t’(l) d t’ t’, t t’

b p’ (f) b (v) p’ p’, p (h) p’

This table applies only to words which have the fifth tone (Edkins: “Introduction to the Study of the Chinese Characters,” p. 185).

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