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	Podcast:		Asian Insider
	Episode:		S1E37: Is Cantonese dying out?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:19:54
	Publish Date:		2024-10-03 16:00:00
	Description:		Not if these Hong Kongers have their way. They are holding fast to their mother tongue, even as some migrated overseas, and are coming up with creative ways to spread the learning and use of Cantonese. Synopsis: The Straits Times chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe, about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. Want to pick up Cantonese? Some Hong Kongers - from a software engineer to a playgroup teacher based in Britain - have created new ways of learning the Chinese dialect such as through apps, videos and social media accounts. This surge in grassroots effort is coming at a time when many Hong Kongers are feeling unmoored by the political turbulence of the past decade. As more migrate to non-Cantonese speaking societies, they are holding fast to their identity and language in a foreign environment. There are also growing fears that Cantonese in Hong Kong and Guangdong is a dying language with people abandoning it for English or Mandarin. In this episode, ST’s foreign editor Li Xueying speaks to Hong Kong correspondent Magdalene Fung on how true such concerns are, and her assessment of these new Cantonese-language tools. Highlights (click/tap above): 2:00 Why Hong Kongers are championing the use of Cantonese 5:20 How these new tools are different from traditional methods 9:50 A living and constantly changing language 13:00 The situation in Guangdong Read Magdalene’s article here: https://str.sg/AfVW Produced by: Li Xueying (xueying@sph.com.sg) and Fa’izah Sani Edited by: Fa’izah Sani Follow Asian Insider every Friday here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Li Xueying’s articles: https://str.sg/iqmR Follow Li Xueying on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/ip4x Read Magdalene Fung’s articles: https://str.sg/dbo9 Read ST’s Letters From The Bureau: https://str.sg/3xRd Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Follow more ST podcast channels: All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7 ST Podcast website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts ST Podcasts YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa --- Get The Straits Times’ app, which has a dedicated podcast player section: The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX --- #STAsianInsider See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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