Commentary: How to speak to Grandma before her language dies

HOKKIEN, TEOCHEW ARE LANGUAGES, NOT DIALECTS Linguistically, dialects are variants of a single language, of which when spoken by different dialect speakers, would still be mutually intelligible. British, American and Australian English can be considered dialects of English, because speakers of these dialects would sound different, but still can comprehend one another. We certainly cannot … Read more