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 […]