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Victor H. Mair Quotes

1943–2026 United States

Victor H. Mair (March 25, 1943 – June 28, 2026) was a philologist specializing in Sinitic and Indo-European languages, previously holding the position of Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.

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The same binome is printed in as many as half-a-dozen or more different combinations of characters that have been used throughout history lo write it out. This indicates powerfully the primacy of sound over written form as the ultimate determinant of Chinese language.

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