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1) Do you speak any
dialect? (If no, what language do you speak mainly and SKIP QUESTION 2) (by speak, we mean ability to comprehend and articulate)
Yes, Hainanese
2) If yes, to whom? How do you rate your proficiency level?
(comprehension only, or plus articulation)
Grandmother, and i rate
my proficiency as comprehension only. Articulation at best is only a few sentences strung together with many instances of
mandarin dotting the conversation.
3) Do you find that Mandarin is replacing the role of dialects in places eg.
home/market/hawker centre? If yes, has Mandarin diluted your dialect? (eg. do you replace the words you cant say in dialect
with Mandarin instead)
Yes and Yes.
4) What is your opinion of people who speak dialects?
Depending on the manner
it is spoken in, can range from crass to feeling that they are in touch with their roots.
5) Given a chance, would you join classes
provided for the learning of your dialect?
Yes
6) If you have children in the future, would you want them to learn your own (or any) dialect? Why
and why not?
Yes
I would want them to learn my own dialect. However, it is more of interest rather than for them to be able to articulate ideas
as globally the demand for dialects has waned and Mandarin seems to be the business language of choice nowadays.
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