24.3102, Media: Beijing Linguistic Committee Initiative to Preserve Old Beijing Chinese Dialect

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-3102. Tue Jul 30 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.3102, Media: Beijing Linguistic Committee Initiative to Preserve Old Beijing Chinese Dialect

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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:18:02
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Beijing Linguistic Committee Initiative to Preserve Old Beijing Chinese Dialect

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 The Beijing Linguistic Committee feels that the "pure old Beijing" dialect is dying out and has taskforces actively going out to record and document the dialect.

Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2013-07/30/c_132586969.htm 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)



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