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Many Believe that Dialects Like Hokkien Are Nearly Dead. How True is This?

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There's nothing special about speaking to your barista in English, nor is there anything unique about speaking Mandarin to your colleagues. But have you ever experienced the joy of asking the cai png auntie what she had for lunch, in Hokkien? © 2018 by Rice Media. Published online in Singapore by Rice Media, recorded by Storyside 2019.
Author RICE media
Narrator Nishad More
Duration 12 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9789179256593
Format Audiobook
Publisher Storytel Dox
Genre Reportage, journalism or collected columns
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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