<p>I'm not sure how you are defining "Sinitic languages", but I believe that the Manchu and Sibe languages certainly are not Sinitic in any sense of the word. Given that the Manchu people recently ruled over China for a few hundred years during the Qing dynasty, they've definitely left a mark on the vocabulary of Chinese words, especially in the north-eastern dialects but also in the standard language. So that's where I would start looking.</p>

<p>Here's an article discussing a few Manchu loanwords in north-eastern Mandarin: <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=7502" rel="nofollow">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=7502</a></p>

<p>(Edit: From the same author, an article on Russian loanwords in the same dialects: <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2921" rel="nofollow">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2921</a>)</p>

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Marc
<p>In addition, there are a few loanwords from Tocharian such as 蜜. (PS On that theory 蜜 is cognate to the English 'mead').</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese#Loanwords" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese#Loanwords</a></p>

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For posterity's sake, can you give a source?
Stumpy Joe Pete
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Colin
<p>洋人- foreigners</p>

<p>洋火- match</p>

<p>洋教士/神父- priest</p>

<p>倭寇- Japanese pirate</p>

<p>波斯-Persia （the old name of Iran）</p>

<p>西域-the Western Regions (a Han Dynasty term for the area west of Yumenguan</p>

<p>伊斯兰教-Islam
.etc</p>

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Almost all of these are native Sinitic words.
Stumpy Joe Pete
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Ajoe_Kwok
<p>I am not interested in modern words like telephone, aeroplane, but words that were incorporated into the more frequent used part of the vocabulary from languages different than sinitic. </p>

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Which non-sinitic languages contributed to the wordstock of common chinese words before 1800?
# Which non-sinitic languages contributed to the wordstock of common chinese words before 1800?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-25)

I am not interested in modern words like telephone, aeroplane, but words that were incorporated into the more frequent used part of the vocabulary from languages different than sinitic.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-10-25. Score: 3

I'm not sure how you are defining "Sinitic languages", but I believe that the Manchu and Sibe languages certainly are not Sinitic in any sense of the word. Given that the Manchu people recently ruled over China for a few hundred years during the Qing dynasty, they've definitely left a mark on the vocabulary of Chinese words, especially in the north-eastern dialects but also in the standard language. So that's where I would start looking.

Here's an article discussing a few Manchu loanwords in north-eastern Mandarin: <http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=7502>

(Edit: From the same author, an article on Russian loanwords in the same dialects: <http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2921>)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-10-25. Score: 2

In addition, there are a few loanwords from Tocharian such as 蜜. (PS On that theory 蜜 is cognate to the English 'mead').

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese#Loanwords>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: For posterity's sake, can you give a source?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-10-25. Score: -3

洋人- foreigners

洋火- match

洋教士/神父- priest

倭寇- Japanese pirate

波斯-Persia （the old name of Iran）

西域-the Western Regions (a Han Dynasty term for the area west of Yumenguan

伊斯兰教-Islam
.etc

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Almost all of these are native Sinitic words.  

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