Wang Han, a famous host of Hunan TV
A few years ago, it invested nearly 5 million yuan to protect the dialect
He said, "Mandarin makes you go further."
Dialects make you remember where your roots are."
Poke at the tears of many people
With the development of the times
Vigorously promote the use of Mandarin in the case
In Meizhou, more and more Mandarin speakers are spoken
I don't know if you have ever seen such a scene:
A pair of parents took their son out to dinner, the parents are fluent In Hakka, listening to the accent is authentic Meizhou people, strangely, when they talk to their sons, they have been using Mandarin.
After a meal, parents switch between Hakka and Mandarin bilingually, as long as they talk to children, they immediately switch to Mandarin, when parents communicate in Hakka, the son seems to understand and listen, as if completely isolated.
What is even more bizarre is that the Meizhou family that uses this way of communication is not an isolated case, and now many people have become accustomed to it.....
Talking about the current situation of Hakka
Some netizens can hardly hide their sense of sadness
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"As the number of immigrants increases, the number of children who move with them increases. Now Meicheng primary school students don't speak Hakka."
"When I was very young, I was afraid that Meizhou would become a foreigner and no one spoke Hakka, and when I grew up, I thought it was a bit unfounded, but now that I think about it, it is not impossible."
How important is Hakka to Hakka
Hakka dialect abbreviated as "Hakka"
It is one of the seven major dialects of the mainland
It is concentrated in eastern Guangdong, western Fujian and southern Gan
It is widely used in southern China
as well as Chinese communities in countries such as Malaysia
Facing such a large ethnic group
But there are sources
Hakka is considered one of the fastest-decaying languages on Earth
For nearly 20 years, people around the world have spoken Hakka
Reduced from more than 60 million to less than 30 million
The rate of churn is staggering
Why did it lose its local tone?
Due to the increase in cultural and economic exchanges in various regions, people widely use Mandarin, traditional Hakka areas generally do not use Hakka to teach, and the younger generation has received Putonghua education since childhood.
At the same time, due to the popularity of television media, Hakka dialect is rarely used in news media and mass entertainment. By the beginning of the 21st century, the younger generation of Hakka people had rarely used Hakka...
A traditional Hakka nursery rhyme that is transmitted orally
Nowadays, fewer and fewer people can recite the whole chant
According to the survey, most of the younger generation of Hakka people who grew up in big cities do not speak Hakka. Hakka has relegated to the language of the family.
In the new generation of Hakka, the use rate and fluency of Hakka are decreasing; intermarriage families with different language groups can only have a higher Hakka language usage rate in families where both husband and wife are Hakka.
As for the workplace, Hakka seems to have completely lost its social function, and the Hakka community is facing a language crisis...
There are even some Hakka people who feel that Hakka dialect is vulgar and indecent, so they do not speak Hakka.
However, if others want to look up to it, they should have the courage to face the ethnic groups of other dialects and show the advantages of the Hakka people to improve the overall image.
The most important thing is that every language in the world is equal, there is no distinction between honor and inferiority, in addition to letting others know that Hakka is not only industrious and simple, but also to convey that Hakka is a language with wisdom and creativity.
We are Hakka, we have the obligation to speak Hakka, and we must take on the responsibility of promoting our own language and culture.
Hakka: The last language that should disappear
Hakka people used to have strict ancestral precepts, such as not intermarriing with foreigners, people who cannot speak Hakka are not recognized as Hakka, even if they are direct descendants of Hakka, if they do not speak Hakka, they will not be recognized as Hakka, at most they are hakka descendants.
Perhaps it is these strict ancestral precepts that the Hakka dialect has been preserved to this day.
Hakka has a long history, not only has it completely preserved the indigo sounds that Mandarin does not have today, but there are many old Chinese pronunciations in other tones.
It is no exaggeration to say that Hakka dialect is the "living fossil" of the Chinese Chinese dialect.
Hakka is one of the ancient chinese languages and has long dominated the official language, much older than modern Mandarin.
Since the promotion of Mandarin in the second year of Yongzheng, Mandarin has dominated the official for only more than three hundred years, and Hakka has a history of thousands of years. Therefore, Hakka dialect can be said to be the language that should not disappear!
As long as there are still people in Hakka
The spirit of the Hakka people will not be broken
If nostalgia is a deep nostalgia for the hometown - nostalgia for the green mountains and rivers, nostalgia for the fathers and fellow villagers, and nostalgia for the warm hometown sound; then the hometown sound is the mother's whisper, the support of the hometown memory.
The era in which China is now living is an era of frequent population movement and unprecedented speed of urbanization, and for the Chinese people living in this era, the biggest nostalgia is the loss of traditional rural sounds - dialects.
The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago
The second is now
Every Hakka family member must take on his or her due responsibilities
Creating a linguistic and cultural environment for the next generation
Give them access to local culture
Cultivate their sense of belonging
Maybe we don't necessarily have the ability to reverse the big trend
But we can try to pass on the Hakka dialect to the next generation
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