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Ofthe "Analects", a collection of sayings dating back to around the fifth century B.C. |
Chinese
|
$1,000 |
J |
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE |
2024-04-17 |
#9083 |
|
Kowtow, catsup |
Chinese
|
$1,600 |
DJ |
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN |
2011-01-06 |
#6059 |
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The Pinyin system for writing this language in the English alphabet was officially adopted Jan. 1, 1979 |
Chinese
|
$1,200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGE LAB |
2007-07-19 |
#5279 |
|
Wu & Hakka are among the many dialect groups of this language |
Chinese
|
$600 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
2005-01-31 |
#4701 |
|
In French:Chinois |
Chinese
|
$400 |
DJ |
FOREIGN LANGUAGES |
2003-09-29 |
#4381 |
|
About 3/4 of the people of Singapore speak this Asian language |
Chinese
|
$300 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1998-01-02 |
#3075 |
|
The Cantonese form of this language is also known as Yue |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1997-09-23 |
#3002 |
|
The Mandarin dialect of this language has 4 tones: high-level, rising, low-dipping & falling |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1997-07-14 |
#2981 |
|
Wu, Hsiang & Min are forms of this language |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1996-11-06 |
#2803 |
|
Most people in Taiwan speak a Min dialect of this language |
Chinese
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1996-09-19 |
#2769 |
|
More loanwords in present-day Japanese come from this Asian language than from any other |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1995-07-03 |
#2511 |
|
About half of all Korean words come from this language |
Chinese
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1995-05-30 |
#2487 |
|
"The Little Red Book" of the Red Guards |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES |
1994-04-11 |
#2221 |
|
Cantonese, a dialect of this language, is spoken by about 60 million people |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1994-04-07 |
#2219 |
|
Since ancient times, Japanese has been written with characters borrowed from this language |
Chinese
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1993-01-11 |
#1926 |
|
Dialects of this language include Hakka, Min & Xiang |
Chinese
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1991-12-19 |
#1684 |
|
Vietnamese borrowed nearly half of its vocabulary from this language |
Chinese
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1991-02-15 |
#1495 |
|
Singapore has 4 official languages Malay, Tamil, English & this |
Chinese
DD
|
$2,000 |
DJ |
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES |
1991-01-29 |
#1482 |
|
In recent years the English-speaking world has begun using the pinyin system to transliterate this language |
Chinese
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1990-04-26 |
#1314 |
|
For centuries the Japanese language has used characters adopted from this language |
Chinese
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1988-11-01 |
#957 |
|
Kowtow, typhoon, & tycoon |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE |
1988-02-25 |
#809 |
|
Until the 18th c., about half the world's printed books were in this language, the 1st to be printed |
Chinese
|
$800 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1987-01-27 |
#557 |
|
Only major language with no alphabet, it uses 50,000 characters to represent words |
Chinese
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1985-05-20 |
#181 |