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

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

Great coverage...thanks for the post....
 
wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Anna Luisa Daigneault
Sent: August-16-12 7:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [ILAT] Cabbie on a mission to promote native languages (fwd link)


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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