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Some countries whose endonyms are not like their English exonyms (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[-] Salix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can read about the Chinese name for Japan here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan

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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

So if I understand correctly, the Chinese pronunciation used to be closer to the Japanese pronunciation of those written characters, but over time the Mandarin pronunciation diverged while the written word stayed the same?

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