Portal:Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia
| Class P - Language and literature | Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia |
| An index of literature translated from Asian languages and works about the languages themselves. |
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Burmese [edit]
The Burmese language is the official language of Burma. Burmese is the native language of the Bamar and related sub-ethnic groups of the Bamar, as well as that of some ethnic minorities in Burma like the Mon.— Excerpted from Burmese language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Grammatical Notices of the Burmese Language, 1842 by Adoniram Judson
- Grammar of the Burmese Language, 1883 by Adoniram Judson
Chinese [edit]
- See also Chinese Wikisource and Min Nan Wikisource
Chinese, or the Sinitic language(s), is a language family consisting of languages which are mostly mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme), of which the most spoken, by far, is Mandarin (about 850 million), followed by Wu (90 million), Cantonese (Yue) (70 million) and Min (50 million). Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, although some, like Xiang and the Southwest Mandarin dialects, may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility.— Excerpted from Chinese language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Language [edit]
- The Chinese Language Spoken at Fuh Chau, 1856 by Moses Clark White
- Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect, 1929 by R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin and Samuel H. Leger
Literature [edit]
- See Portal:Chinese literature
- See also Portal:Chinese classics
Japanese [edit]
- See also Japanese Wikisource
Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists.— Excerpted from Japanese language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Kimi ga Yo, Japanese national anthem, lyrics based on a waka poem written in the Heian period (794-1185), 1880 melody by Yoshiisa Oku and Akimori Hayashi, supervised by Hiromori Hayashi (partly based on the original 1870 melody by John William Fenton)
- Botchan, 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki, translated by Yasotaro Morri
- Rashōmon, 1914 by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Korean [edit]
- See also Korean Wikisource
Korean is the official language of Korea, both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing system was commissioned by Sejong the Great, the system being currently called Hangul.— Excerpted from Korean language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Baekbeomilji, 1947 by Kim Gu, translated by Wikisource
Thai [edit]
- See also Thai Wikisource
Thai is the national and official language of Thailand and the native language of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family.— Excerpted from Thai language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Thai National Anthem, 1932 by Phra Chen-Duriyang (music) and Luang Saranuprapan (lyrics)
Altaic languages [edit]
Altaic is a proposed language family that is held by its proponents to include the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, and possibly the Japonic language families and the Korean language isolate. These languages are spoken in a wide arc stretching from northeast Asia through Central Asia to Anatolia and eastern Europe (Turks, Kalmyks). The group is named after the Altai Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia.— Excerpted from Altaic languages on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Turkish [edit]
Non-Aryan Indian languages [edit]
Tamil [edit]
- See also Tamil Wikisource
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and the first Indian language to be declared as a classical language by the government of India in 2004. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in Malaysia and Mauritius as well as emigrant communities around the world.— Excerpted from Tamil language on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Akilathirattu Ammanai
- Tirukural, 300 BCE-300 CE by Tiruvalluvar, 1886 translation by George Uglow Pope, W. H. Drew, John Lazarus and F.W. Ellis
