To keep a language alive, it has to be used regularly. Using one language more frequently means less time for other languages. Hence, the more languages a person learns, the greater the difficulties of retaining them at a high level of fluency.
This is why we have discouraged the use of dialects. It interferes with the learning of Mandarin and English.
-- Chee Hong Tat, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister Mentor
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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