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Perhaps most significant are the variety of dialects spoken by the Chinese communities in many Southeast Asian countries. The most commonly used are Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, and Teochew, reflecting the southern Chinese coastal origins of many of the immigrants.
Insular Southeast Asia contains a mixture of descendants of Proto-Malay (Nesiot) and Pareoean peoples who were influenced by Malayo-Polynesian and other groups. In addition, Arabic, Indian, and Chinese influences have affected the ethnic pattern of the islands. In modern times the Burmans account for more than two-thirds of the ethnic stock of ...
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Jan 1, 2015 · In this part of the world, three different types of people prepare minority language dictionaries: missionaries, linguists, and community members; in some cases, a particular lexicographer is in two of these categories: missionary and linguist, missionary and community member, or linguist and community member; some lexicographical teams, such ...
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The Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area is a sprachbund including languages of the Sino-Tibetan, Hmong–Mien (or Miao–Yao), Kra–Dai, Austronesian and Austroasiatic families spoken in an area stretching from Thailand to China.
Mar 30, 2007 · languages and over 250 dialects; there are three major religions; and there are profound racial, cultural, and demographic contrasts between the coastal areas and the mountainous interiors, between the western two-thirds of Southeast Asia and the eastern third, and between island Southeast Asia and mainland Southeast Asia. This
Summary. While the historical emergence and present-day settings of English in Southeast Asia are highly varied, it is possible, nevertheless, to identify a number of key themes that can provide important insights into the changing status and properties of English in this region. In this regard, the chapter begins by selectively focusing on the ...
Dec 9, 2017 · There are five major language phyla in mainland Southeast Asia : Austroasiatic , Austronesian , Daic , Sino-Tibetan and Hmong-Mien, but no true isolates except on offshore islands.
