@NZChineseGenealogy It has happened in many countries, and is still happening all over the world. Reo Māori almost fell to assimilation and cultural erasure efforts here, too, as you know. Last time I was in Torino, places that I remembered being rich with Savoyard only 20 years prior had given way to government Italian.
On the positive: HK Poly's intro to Cantonese is starting up again next week on EdX. It's free.
https://www.edx.org/learn/language/the-hong-kong-polytechnic-university-cantonese-language-and-culture-for-beginners
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