Language: Mandarin Chinese

Affiliation: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese Genus in WALS Family in WALS
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As recipient language

Mandarin Chinese vocabulary contributed by Thekla Wiebusch

The map shows Mandarin Chinese in red and the donor languages in blue.

List of donor languoids (languages and families) that contributed words to Mandarin Chinese
Donor Languoid Words borrowed into Mandarin Chinese
name immediate earlier
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Donor Languoid

These are the names of languages and families from which the recipient language borrowed words directly or indirectly.

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Number of direct loanwords

This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) directly from this donor languoid.

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Direct loanwords

These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

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Number of indirect loanwords

This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, from this donor languoid.

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Indirect loanwords

These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

Old Persian 3 shi1zi (1), shi1zi (1), shi1zi (1) 0
English 4 mo2tuo1che1, you2piao4, ba1shi, ning2meng2 0
Elamite 1 pu2tao 0
Japanese 12 shi4chang3, jian3dan1, fang1shi4, zong1jiao4, dian4hua4, jing3cha2, yin2hang2, yin1yue4, you2zheng4, yan1cao3 0
Chinese 0 1 la3ba
Proto-Austroasiatic 19 gui1, tou2, bu4, pa2 (1), also ba2, dai4, huan2, shu3 (1), liang4, gong1, tu3 1 cha2
Hmong-Mien 1 mai3 0
Proto-Mon-Khmer 2 han4, tui3 0
Proto-Altaic 23 zu3fu4, zu3mu3, zu3xian1, nong2min2, nong2tian2, xiao3mai4, da4mai4, hei1mai4, yan4mai4, zu3guo2 3 gu1fu, gu1mu3, gu1gu
Proto-Hmong-Mien 5 gou3, mai4, dian4, chao2 (1), miao4 0
Proto-Tai 4 niu2, bang4, hu2, liang3 0
Qiangic 1 qiu2zhang3 0
Altaic 1 he2 (1) 0
Arabic 0 2 ka1fei1, ning2meng2
Austro-Asiatic 6 qin1qi1, chuang2, gen1, qin1, fu4 (2), cuo1 1 gou3
Austronesian 3 bi3, bing1lang, bi3 2 mai3, mai4
Southern Chinese 1 gang3 0
Persian 0 1 ning2meng2
Loloish 1 cha2 0
Indo-European 0 1 ma3
Tocharian A 1 che1 0
Tocharian B 1 che1 0
Northern Chinese 1 gei3 0
Mon-Khmer 1 gong1- 0
Mongolian 4 mo2gu, zhan4qi3lai2, zhan4, la3ba 0
Unidentified 13 ma3, xiang4, gan3lan3, fei1, duo4, suan1, gu3, chuan1 (2), ji1, mi3 0
Khmer 1 zei2 0
European Colonial Language 2 ka1fei1, ma3da2 0
Sanskrit 0 8 shou3zhang3, bo1li, ta3, mo2gui3, mo2fa3, mo2shu4, he2shang, seng1
Tabgač 1 ge1ge 0
Xiongnu 1 luo4tuo 0

As donor languoid

The map shows Mandarin Chinese in blue and the recipient languages that borrowed from it in red.

List of recipient languages that borrowed words from Mandarin Chinese
Recipient language Words borrowed from Mandarin Chinese
name immediate earlier
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Recipient language

These are the names of recipient languages that borrowed words directly or indirectly from this languoid.

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Number of direct loanwords

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed directly to this recipient language.

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Direct loanwords

These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

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Number of indirect loanwords

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, to this recipient language.

[help]
Indirect loanwords

These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

Indonesian 1 cháwăn 0