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Is it? I’ve heard of them mostly stamping out most of them, eg here https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/02/22/singapore-has-almost-wiped-out-its-mother-tongues
by emodendroket 5y ago
Is it? I’ve heard of them mostly stamping out most of them, eg here https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/02/22/singapore-has-almost-wiped-out-its-mother-tongues https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/02/22/singapore-has-almo...
I’d also say it’s not like they’re really going around saying you can’t speak Cantonese at home. The issue is that there is natural attrition when school and official things are in one language (not that different from what the article describes).