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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by sn41 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:43AM (#16542966)
The word Mandarin comes from the Sanskrit word "Mantri", for minister. I wonder why this word was chosen.
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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by megaman22 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:58AM (#16543029)
Portuguese traders in Macau, by way of India

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandarin#Etymology_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Portugal_relatio...

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