In Singapore, Chinese Dialects Revive After Decades of Restrictions

By IAN JOHNSON from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wHRvCB
via IFTTTSingapore’s language scene was once “a linguistic tropical rain forest,” chaotic but vibrant. Then came a campaign to limit speech to just English and Mandarin. Now, dialects are coming back. August 26, 2017 at 01:00AM