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Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary (Vietnamese: từ Hán Việt, Chữ Hán: 詞漢越, literally 'Chinese-Vietnamese words') is a layer of about 3,000 monosyllabic morphemes of the Vietnamese language borrowed from Literary Chinese with consistent pronunciations based on Middle Chinese. Compounds using these morphemes are used extensively in cultural ...
A Swadesh list (/ ˈ s w ɑː d ɛ ʃ /) is a compilation of tentatively universal concepts for the purposes of lexicostatistics.That is, a Swadesh list is a list of forms and concepts which all languages, without exception, have terms for, such as star, hand, water, kill, sleep, and so forth.
An elderly dog who was rescued from undesirable living conditions is now "living his best life" in Florida, following a big retirement bash. Rusty, a Lab/Chow mix, estimated to be between 10 and ...
The New York Mets have agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal to bring back Sean Manaea as a top arm in the team's rotation for 2025 and beyond.
Three teenagers and a man have appeared in court accused of murdering a homeless man who was attacked while sheltering in a bin shed in central London.
An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to Peru's Amazon, according to Conservation International.
The holiday travel rush kicked off this week, but a looming government shutdown could lead to longer TSA wait times at the airports and impact ATC hiring if the shutdown lasts for long. Airlines ...
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Richard Kovacevich joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -4.5 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.