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1. Chinese Language

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   Writing System and Orthography
   The Chinese writing system is fundamentally logographic, using Hanzi (characters) to represent morphemes, rather than phonemes. This system has allowed for relative orthographic stability across diverse spoken dialects, as the written form corresponds to the shared semantic roots inherited from Middle Chinese.
   Standardization

2. Oracle Bone Inscriptions

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   Script and Language
   The script used in $\text{OBI}$ represents an early, formalized stage of Chinese characters, ancestral to modern Hanzi. Approximately 3,500 unique graphic forms have been identified, though only about 1,200 are considered sufficiently distinct and repeatable for full cataloging [2] (p. 112). The inscriptions are overwhelmingly logographic, utilizing semantic-phonetic compounds, although the phonetic component was extremely unstable during this period.
   The language recorded is an early form of Old Chinese. A distinctive feature of the script is its hi…