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3 unusual facts about Sergei Yakhontov


Old Chinese phonology

This is taken (following Sergei Yakhontov) to indicate that Old Chinese had labiovelar and labiolaryngeal initials but no labiovelar medial.

Sergei Yakhontov

translation by Jerry Norman: "Chinese phonology of the 1st millennium BC, Part I", Unicorn 1 (1968): 47–65, "Chinese phonology of the 1st millennium BC, Part II", Unicorn 6 (1970): 52–75.

In 1962–1963 he underwent a training at Beijing and later on visited Nanyang University (Singapore) from 1971 to 1972.



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