Meaning of Sino-Xenic | Babel Free

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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).

not-comparable

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Examples

“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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