"Essays on the Languages ​​and Literature of the Indochinese Peoples"

…A large peninsula that juts out from the southeast of the Asian continent, bounded to the east by the South China Sea and to the west by the Bay of Bengal. It includes Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and West Malaysia. It is located halfway between India and China, and was influenced by the civilizations of both continents, hence the name. It is said to have been coined by the English physician and poet John Leyden (1775-1811), but if this is true, the word first appeared in his work "An Essay on the Language and Literature of the Indo-Chinese Nations" (1805) written during his stay in Penang. …

*Some of the glossaries referring to "Essays on the Languages ​​and Literature of the Indochinese Peoples" are listed below.

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…アジア大陸の東南部に突出した大半島で，東を南シナ海に，西をベンガル湾によって囲まれた地域。ミャンマー，タイ，ラオス，カンボジア，ベトナム，西マレーシアを含む。インドとシナ(中国)の中間に位置し，両大陸の文明の影響を受けたことからこの名がある。造語はイギリスの医者で詩人のジョン･レイデンJohn Leyden(1775‐1811)と言われるが，事実とすれば，彼のペナン滞在中の作品《インドシナ諸民族Indo‐Chinese Nationsの言語と文学に関する論考》(1805)がこの語の初出であろう。…

※「《インドシナ諸民族の言語と文学に関する論考》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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