if public officials of the country cannot insist on “speaking the Mandarin” in public, then the masses will unknowingly weaken their enthusiasm for learning Mandarin
Shouldn't politicians speak the language of their constituents so their constituents can understand them?
And what if the Uyghur officials need to communicate with other officials who don't speak Uyghur? There is such a thing as being BI- or Tri-lingual.
The whole point of this is Mandarin serves as the Lingua Franca of the greater Chinese union. There are many languages and dialects spoken across the country, and the largest commonality between those is Mandarin.
Then they should speak mandarin or hire an interpreter.
The point is that they're advocating politicians primarily speak a language their constituents don't, in order to encourage their constituents to become multilingual. It's paternalistic
Shouldn't politicians speak the language of their constituents so their constituents can understand them?
And what if the Uyghur officials need to communicate with other officials who don't speak Uyghur? There is such a thing as being BI- or Tri-lingual.
The whole point of this is Mandarin serves as the Lingua Franca of the greater Chinese union. There are many languages and dialects spoken across the country, and the largest commonality between those is Mandarin.
Then they should speak mandarin or hire an interpreter.
The point is that they're advocating politicians primarily speak a language their constituents don't, in order to encourage their constituents to become multilingual. It's paternalistic
It's explicitly not paternalistic? How is multilingualism restrictive?