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In Singapore, Chinese Dialects Revive After Decades of Restrictions

Singapore’s language scene was once “a linguistic tropical rain forest,” chaotic but vibrant. Then came a campaign to limit speech to just English and Mandarin. Now, dialects are coming back. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Singapore

Topics: coming, dialects, Mandarin, English, speech, limit, campaign, vibrant, chaotic, forest, tropical, linguistic, scene, language, Singapore’s, Restrictions, Decades, After, Revive, Dialects, Chinese, Singapore

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/world/asia/singapore-language-hokkien-mandarin.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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