Will Mandarin eventually render the min-nan taiwanese dialect obsolete?

With more chinese young people speaking Mandarin and English, will the min-nan taiwanese dialect eventually die out?Will Mandarin eventually render the min-nan taiwanese dialect obsolete?
Not if folks that identify as Taiwanese can help it. Most people of my grandparents generation don't speak Mandarin, though in addition to Taiwanese they also speak Japanese because they were force to Japanese occupation. In other words, how do you expect folks to talk to their Ah Ma and Ah Gongs?Will Mandarin eventually render the min-nan taiwanese dialect obsolete?
Not if we speak it ourselves. It is true that many young people don't speak it anymore, but many other, especially in the countryside, still talk to each other in Min-nan. I think all the descendants of the Min-nan in Taiwan should learn it, because it is the language their ancestors used to speak. Report Abuse

nope...


for a typical chinese family in south east asia %26amp; china, we usually speak dialect @ home, while studying english %26amp; mandarin (chinese) in school.


malaysian chinese, had to study malay %26amp; english(as 3rd language) too, depending on which schools you attend.


indonesian chinese were the ones that were denied of their chinese culture. chinese language were not allowed in schools. hence, most of the indonesian chinese can't speak mandarin or their dialects.


thai chinese that i've met, do speak some dialects, though not fluent.


for taiwan %26amp; hong kong, their roots go deeper, as reflected in their arts %26amp; cultures, especially in movies %26amp; tv programs.


even during the japanese occupation, taiwanese maybe forced to acquire japanese language, mandarin (chinese) did not disappear in that harsh period.
Maybe. Maybe not.
wo zhen de bu zhi dao. keneng.
Probably not. There are several million speakers of Min Nan. Languages that are that robust do not die out.