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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (107897)10/11/2014 5:55:23 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217943
 
i am unsure but believe, perhaps wrongly, that india's language issue is that enough of the 'dialects' are actually different-enough languages w/ distinct writing systems, etc etc and used by too many as well as enough folks

whereas china's language issue is somewhat different and mostly to do w/ dialects (pronunciation of words, as opposed to words themselves) even as the writing system is mostly, in the super vast majority, the same. the dialects issue is an issue only when folks make it an issue, and a non issue as long as schools do not teach in dialects but in the standard dialect

the issue w/ hong kong is that the public school teaches in cantonese dialect

the neighbouring guangdong province had taught in standard mandarin since 1949

hong kong's official languages are chinese (cantonese dialect) and english, and cantonese is orphaned