Title: South-Min Dialect and Chinese Loanwords in Thai
Abstract: Historical contacts between South-Min dialect speakers and people from Southeast Asia have resulted in a large number of Chinese loanwords in Thai.As South-Min dialect has maintained certain characteristics of Ancient Chinese,it is of great use for the study of the Chinese loanwords in Thai,because it helps understand their meanings and explore their origins in Chinese.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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