Sinosphere

English

Etymology

From Sino- +‎ -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".[1]

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Proper noun

Sinosphere

  1. The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.

Synonyms

  • Sinesia (archaic)

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References

  1. ^ Victor Mair (8 November 2012) “Sinophone and Sinosphere”, in Language Log‎[1], retrieved 23 April 2020

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