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Hangzhouhua (杭州話):use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 小題1:________? It’s a 小題2:________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That小題3:________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒體). And it’s also the language that is 小題4:________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that 小題5:________ being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 小題6:________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 小題7:________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely by building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 小題8:________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 小題9:________ use it or lose it.
If people 小題10:________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.