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Alvaro Semedo (1655), "(Cantone)", The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, London: Printed by E. Tyler for I. Crook, OCLC 2158959; J.-B Du Halde (1741), "The First City, and Capital of the Province of Quang Tcheou Fou", General History of China (3rd ed.), London: J. Watts
The following is a partial list of English words of Indonesian origin. The loanwords in this list may be borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from the Indonesian language . Some words may also be borrowed from Malay during the British colonial period in British Malaya , or during the short period of British rule in Java .
Robert Morrison (1782-1834) is credited with several historical firsts in addition to the first bidirectional Chinese and English dictionary. He was the first Protestant missionary in China, started the first Chinese-language periodical in 1815, [5] collaborated with William Milne to write the first translation of the Bible into Chinese in 1823, helped to found the English-language The Canton ...
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Lonely Planet may also refer to: Lonely Planet, 2024 American romantic drama film; Lonely Planet, two character play "Lonely Planet" (song), performed by Dorians representing Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 "Lonely Planet", Rachel Platten song on her 2016 album Wildfire
In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...
Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler.In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition.
A Cantonese syllable usually includes an initial and a final ().The Cantonese syllabary has about 630 syllables. Some like /kʷeŋ˥/ (扃), /ɛː˨/ and /ei˨/ (欸) are no longer common; some like /kʷek˥/ and /kʷʰek˥/ (隙), or /kʷaːŋ˧˥/ and /kɐŋ˧˥/ (梗), have traditionally had two equally correct pronunciations but its speakers are starting to pronounce them in only one ...