This paper indicate this is a mistake for the configuration of Chong-niu, and modern Min dialect and some ancient dialect that was alleged to corresponds with Min do not tally.

本文指出论者误解了重纽的结构，而现代闽方言与论者所谓的古代“乙方言”也并不吻合。

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As the living fossil of ancient Chinese, the Quanzhou dialect carries the generous Minnan cultures.

泉州方言作为古汉语的“活化石”，同时承载着丰厚的闽南文化。

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Quanzhou Nanyin is a type of ancient Chinese music with typical culture of Minnan area, song by Quanzhou dialect.

“泉州南音”是一种以泉州腔方言进行演唱、并具浓郁闽南地方特色的古老乐种。

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Ethnographers are entranced by a distinct dialect that continues to contain words from ancient Dorian Greek.

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The codex (Latin for "book") dates to the sixth century, when Christian Palestinian scribes wrote down the words of Christ in Aramaic, the ancient language that is believed to have been close to the dialect spoken by the messiah himself.

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