Preservation of ethnic minority languages urged (fwd)

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Preservation of ethnic minority languages urged

www.chinaview.cn 2005-04-29 09:33:59
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/29/content_2892878.htm

BEIJING, April 29 -- Scholars from some famous universities in the
mailand and Hong Kong have called for measures to preserve China's
ethnic minority languages, at a seminar held in Guangzhou on the
language and culture of ethnic minority groups.

Experts say many of China's 120 minority languages face extinction due
to under-use as society is dominated by the Mandarin language. They say
it's the nation's obligation to record and preserve them as cultural
treasures.

Their suggestions included the use audio and video equipments as means
of preservation.