{"id":3779,"date":"2026-06-28T18:25:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:25:28","slug":"how-the-chinese-language-has-long-been-shaped-by-foreign-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3779","title":{"rendered":"How the Chinese language has long been shaped by foreign influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/article\/3358273\/how-chinese-language-has-long-been-shaped-foreign-influences\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Reflections | How the Chinese language has long been shaped by foreign influences\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_opinion\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/26\/957a6337-b1e5-41f8-b921-58c449c2756a_7f2eba44.jpg?itok=zLtsl1yS&amp;v=1782446286\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.scmp.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Reflections | How the Chinese language has long been shaped by foreign influences<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">From Buddhism\u2019s arrival in China to European exchange in the 1800s, external forces have left a mark on Chinese vocabulary and grammar.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}