
32: Fallen Leaves: The Chinese Languages (with Wu Mei-Shin, Ye Jingting, and Israel Lai)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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The Endangered Status of Mean Language in Taiwan
Taiwanese mean language is on the verge of, you know, disappeared probably like the proper one. Israel also talked about he transcribes every episode and sometimes he's a bit unsure of how to transcribe certain words or there are options. They're finding themselves having to create terms in Cantonese to talk about linguistics. All these things are sort of expressions of it not having the same status at Mandarin.
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