The sound of ancient Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

    I found some interesting videos about ancient Chinese, Korean and Japanese.


    The Sound of the Archaic / Old Chinese language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text) :

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    It sounds completely different to the Chinese languages that Chinese people speak today.


    It sounds like a language spoken by some aliens in Star Wars.


    The Sound of the Early Middle Chinese language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text) :

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    The sound of Early Middle Chinese sounds like a mix of Chinese languages from the Southeast of China and languages from Southeast Asia.


    The Sound of the Old Japanese language (Numbers, Phrases, Words & Sample Text) :

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    Old Japanese sounds like Korean which is interesting to hear.


    The Sound of the Middle Korean Classical Chinese language (Numbers & Sample Texts) :

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    Middle Korean Classical Chinese has tones that make it sound a bit like a mix of Chinese languages from the Southeast of China which is interesting to hear.


    The Sound of the Kansai Japanese language / dialect (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Story) :

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    The Modern Kansai Japanese language has toned words which is also interesting to hear.


    What do you think about it ?

    Pure Chinese propaganda. Koreans didn't speak Chinese, they spoke Korean. Korea did borrow Chinese writing, but it did not work well with Korean so they created Hangeul. This is just another sad attempt to steal culture.

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    Pure Chinese propaganda. Koreans didn't speak Chinese, they spoke Korean. Korea did borrow Chinese writing, but it did not work well with Korean so they created Hangeul. This is just another sad attempt to steal culture.

    You mean Koreans 'borrowed' some things from Chinese culture

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    You mean Koreans 'borrowed' some things from Chinese culture

    Chinese is "borrowing" Korean culture right now. How many western inventions do Chinese "borrow"? The only country that cries about cultural exchange is China.

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    Chinese is "borrowing" Korean culture right now. How many western inventions do Chinese "borrow"? The only country that cries about cultural exchange is China.

    Not really, Korean borrowed a lot of ideas from the West and transformed it to fit their Korean culture (like kpop), and China is following on those footsteps. Of course, a lot of borrowing occurs from both sides but the modern technical stuff usually comes from the West, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and also Chinese in certain things

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    Not really, Korean borrowed a lot of ideas from the West and transformed it to fit their Korean culture (like kpop), and China is following on those footsteps. Of course, a lot of borrowing occurs from both sides but the modern technical stuff usually comes from the West, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and also Chinese in certain things

    Western culture is dominant worldwide, even in China. I don't see westerners complain. So why do Chinese always cry about their culture?

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    Western culture is dominant worldwide, even in China. I don't see westerners complain. So why do Chinese always cry about their culture?

    It's part of population control to brainwash the masses with preoccupying themselves on relatively inconsequential matters while the important ones are ignored. And that's global, with different flavors based on the country or region

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