Questions tagged [mandarin]
The official form of Modern Chinese based on the language used in Beijing and Northern China.
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Phonological development of Middle Chinese 學 /hæwk/ to Mandarin xue /ɕye/
學 was /hæwk/ according to Baxter-Sagart transcription of Qieyun, and according to this wikipedia page, -æwk became /Jye/ in modern Mandarin, where J is a palatalized initial consonant.
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What happened to the number of english speakers in february 2018?
I recently noticed that English was in front of Mandarin in the Wikipedia list of languages by total number of speakers, so I wondered when it became first. I didn't find any convenient statistics on ...
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Where can I find auditory records of Chinese Mandarin within 1930-1970?
I am doing research on pure Chinese and I need a auditory recording made between 1930-1970. I searched for subject of anthropology in Hong Kong local library and found nothing material in auditory ...
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Do North and South Korean accents in Mandarin differ significantly?
I was watching a documentary about North Korean escapees living in China. It mentioned that some of these escapees were worried that their "North Korean" accent when speaking Mandarin would give them ...
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Is there a source that lists English Loanwords into Mandarin Chinese?
Is there a source(database, dataset, etc.) that lists English Loanwords into Mandarin Chinese?
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Is there terminology to distinguish between syllables with and without tone?
I was looking over Wikipedia's Syllable article, and it surprised me the precise level of terminology that exists to specify specific parts of syllables. The Chinese model section shows that the term ...
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