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Historical Chinese glossary system reveals flexible phonetic transcription

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This research paper examines the Huìtóngguǎnxì Huáyíyìyǔ (HHY), a historical multilingual glossary system used by the Ming government for interpreter training. The study treats HHY as a systematic transcription method, analyzing how Chinese characters were adapted to represent sounds from various non-Chinese languages. Findings indicate that HHY employed Chinese phonological categories flexibly to approximate foreign sounds, offering valuable insights into historical phonology and under-documented Asian languages. AI

IMPACT Provides insights into historical linguistic analysis methods, potentially informing future AI-driven language reconstruction.

RANK_REASON Academic paper analyzing historical linguistic data. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Historical Chinese glossary system reveals flexible phonetic transcription

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Ji-eun Kim ·

    Cross-Linguistic Transcription and Phonological Representation in the Huìtóngguǎnxì Huáyíyìyǔ

    Purpose: This study investigates the transcription principles underlying Huìtóngguǎnxì Huáyíyìyǔ (HHY), a series of multilingual glossaries compiled by the Ming government between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for interpreter training. The study treats HHY not as a collec…

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