Quiz · The Quiet Disappearance of a Valley Dialect

Question 1What is the speaker's main message about the valley dialect?

Dialects should be replaced by modern speech A recording can fully save a dying dialect Losing a dialect means losing a way of noticing the world Young people today learn dialects easily

Question 2According to linguists, roughly how often does a language or dialect fall silent in the world?

Every two weeks Every two months Every two years Twice every day

Question 3Why did schools punish children for using the dialect?

The dialect was too hard to write down They called it backward and unfit for a modern nation The children used it during exams It confused the foreign teachers