Re:AI translates Hokkien, an unwritten language, for the fir...
by Apocryphon on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:04PM
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You’re not wrong, not to mention the problematic nature of conflating Hokkien with “Taiwanese” identity, as that then omits the Hakka, never mind the aboriginal languages. But one could see a Benshengren revival of Taigi nonetheless, even if only as a set of quixotic pan-Green government initiatives.
Also, Hokkien interest is present even outside of that geopolitical flashpoint:
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/stories-behind-tiktok-...
Also, the differentiation potential is somewhat limited due to the fact that the majority of Hokkien speakers lives in Fujian province on the mainland (Hokkien = Fujian) and there's some preservation work going on there as well. E.g. Xiamen University's Speech Lab had a working demo of spoken-Hokkien-to-written-Mandarin translation in 2018, although the link shortener they used has since suffered from link rot. https://speech.xmu.edu.cn/2018/1215/c18169a359542/page.htm