Sino-Xenic
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Sino-Xenic
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From Sino- + xeno- + -ic, from Late Latin Sīnae (“the Chinese”) + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign”); coined by American linguist Samuel Martin in 1953.
adjective Sinoxenic · sinoxenic
- Related to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into Japonic, Koreanic and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects). Japanese: 歴史 (れきし, rekishi) Jeju: 역ᄉᆞ(歷史) (yeoksaw) Korean: 역사(歷史) (yeoksa) (South Korea), 력사(歷史) (ryeoksa) (North Korea) Vietnamese: lịch sử (歷史)
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adj related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
| 한국어 | 한자어 Hanja'eo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 漢語 kango |
| 中文 | 漢字詞 /汉字词 Hànzìcí |
| हिन्दी | चीन-विदेशी cīn-videśī |
| Português | sino-xênico |
| Français | sinoxénique |
| Deutsch | sino-xenisch |
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