Sino-Xenic

American  

[sahy-noh-zee-nik, -zen-ik] / ˈsaɪ noʊˈzi nɪk, -ˈzɛn ɪk /

Or Sinoxenic

adjective

Linguistics.

1. of or relating to languages, such as Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, that are not related to Chinese but have borrowed extensively from it.

   Sino-Xenic vocabulary;

   Sino-Xenic pronunciations.

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Etymology

Origin of Sino-Xenic

Coined by U.S. linguist Samuel Martin (1924–2009) in 1953; Sino- ( def. ) + xen(o)- ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

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