Asia - Voice of America: Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages

Asia - Voice of America asia

Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages Aug 20th 2012, 13:12 TAIPEI — Taiwan's government sounded a cultural emergency this summer. The native language of a village of aboriginal Rukai people is in danger of dying out. So the cabinet has begun collecting records that could save that dialect and eight others from being overtaken by the dominant Mandarin Chinese.   Long history Aborigines were dominant in Taiwan for some 8,000 years. Then four centuries ago migrants began to arrive by sea from nearby China, and Chinese now make up 98 percent of the ... Media files: 50BBB19B-AAC7-452C-8592-588015E69D6C_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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