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Machjo

Joined: 07 Aug 2004
Posts: 12
Location: China

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject: Minority languages in China.

I'd noticed when I'd visited Urumqi that, while the local Uighurs studied Putongua as their second language, I hadn't noticed a single Han trying to learn the local language; they were all learning English instead! Has English actually become more important than the local languages themselves?

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