Students wage a war of words to save a dying dialect
By Jin Huiyu and Cheng Shuying | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-27 07:55
Once the parlance of the capital's elite, Manchu dialect seems to be going the way of Latin.
But an eclectic group of students is breathing new life into this dying tongue.
Free classes are being held in a cozy basement near Beijing's drum tower. Old and young students practice the ancient language and study its history.
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