Cabbie on a mission to promote native languages (fwd link)

[Anna Luisa Daigneault]

Just had to say that this article about the cabbie in Taipei so awesome.
I wish I could meet Pan Ching-hsiung (潘清雄) and shake his hand!

Anna Luisa


On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Phil Cash Cash <weyiiletpu at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Cabbie on a mission to promote native languages
> *
> By Hung Ting-hung and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer
>
> A taxi driver working in Greater Kaohsiung, worried that the Hoklo (also
> known as Taiwanese), Hakka and Aboriginal languages are gradually dying
> off, has been giving out flyers to customers urging parents to respect
> their children’s right to inherit their native language by using it with
> them.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/08/17/2003540511
>



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