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Loanwords in Mandarin through Other Chinese Dialects
(3,263 words)

The Chinese language and its users as well as contributors are drawn from diverse speech communities from both within and outside Mainland China. Given the size and diversity of the constituent groups and the complex relationships among them ov…

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Benjamin T'SOU, “Loanwords in Mandarin through Other Chinese Dialects”, in: Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics, General Editor Rint Sybesma. Consulted online on 31 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2210-7363_ecll_COM_00000040>
First published online: 2015



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