The Sinitic Word for "million" in Southeast Asian Mandarin, part 2

Language Log 2024-08-13

Summary:

[This is a guest post by Liam Kelley.] Looking up "triệu" in this Nom dictionary brings up an example from a line in a work that appears to date from the early twentieth century that states: "The soul of the 4,000-year-old country has yet to awaken. The 25 million [triệu兆 ] people are still deep […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65396&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sinitic-word-for-million-in-southeast-asian-mandarin-part-2

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borrowing

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

08/13/2024, 10:15

Date published:

08/13/2024, 09:52