<font face="georgia,serif">Finding their voice<br><br>China Daily, June 29, 2010<br><br>Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia autonomous region is a place of rich linguistic resources. Located on the northeastern corner of China and neighboring Russia and Mongolia, the area has a number of resident ethnic groups that have their own cultures and languages.<br>
<br>However, modernization and urbanization mean that more people in the area are adopting Putonghua, or Mandarin, as their main language and forsaking their own.<br><br>"Many people of my parents' generation cannot speak Putonghua. People of my age usually can speak both languages, but are better at Ewenki," says Eerdemutu, a 38-year-old Ewenki man who lives in the Ewenki autonomous banner of Hulunbuir.<br>
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