Can Singapore’s dialects survive or are they becoming history?
About this episode
The episode discusses the future of dialects in Singapore and whether they should be preserved or are fading away.
The release of Chinese film Dear You has reignited the debate over dialects in Singapore after the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) approved limited screenings of its Teochew original version. Has the time come to rethink Singapore's approach to dialects, or are they destined to fade away in the next generation? In this week's Deep Dive, Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang speak with assistant professor Luke Lu from Nanyang Technological University and Hokkien content creator Ong Yi Ting (@yitinggoyt) to explore whether dialects are worth preserving or are they fast becoming relics of Singapore's past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Steven Chia, Tiffany Ang
Guests: Luke Lu, Ong Yi Ting
Topics covered
- dialects
- Singapore
- cultural preservation
- language
- media
- identity
Keywords
- Singapore dialects
- cultural identity
- language preservation
- Teochew
- Hokkien
- media influence
- youth culture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nanyang Technological University, Infocomm Media Development Authority
Books & works: Dear You
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