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The Wiktionary is one of the few dictionaries that define sinophone : adjective "Speaking one or more Sinitic or Chinese language (s), Chinese-speaking". noun "a person who speaks one or more of the Sinitic or Chinese language (s) either natively or by adoption, a Chinese-speaking person."
- Han language circle
- 漢語圈
- 汉语圈
Sinophoneus. Sinophoneus is an extinct genus of carnivorous dinocephalian therapsid belonging to the family Anteosauridae. It lived 272 to 270 million years ago at the beginning of the Middle Permian (Lower Roadian) in what is now the Gansu Province in northern China. It is known by a skull of an adult individual (the holotype GMV1601), as well ...
- †S. yumenensis
- †Sinophoneus, Cheng and Ji, 1996
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Standard Chinese is the standard language of China (where it is called 普通话; pǔtōnghuà) and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore (where it is called either 华语; 華語; Huáyŭ or 汉语; 漢語; Hànyǔ ). Standard Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
- 1.35 billion (2022)
The Sinophone is a term coined by Shu-mei Shih to describe Sinitic-language literature written on the margins of China and Chineseness. It explores the plurality, diversity and challenges of cultural identities, linguistic practices and ethnicities of Sinitic-language communities around the world. The web page introduces the concept, its history, and its applications in various fields of study.
Sinophone, which means " Chinese -speaking", typically refers to an individual who speaks at least one variety of Chinese (that is, one of the Sinitic languages ).
Pioneered by Shu-mei Shih, the “Sinophone” is an amended analytic category and a long-overdue alternative to the discourses of “Chinese” and “Chinese diaspora” that have traditionally defined Chinese studies. In her path-breaking book Visuality and Identity: Sinophone Articu-
The Sinophone: not from China, but in Chinese. A decade ago Sinophone studies emerged as a new academic field within the humanities, with several scholars from North America, Europe as well as Asia engaging in research on Sinitic-language cultural production through the lens of this novel and multidisciplinary mode of inquiry.