{"id":2465,"date":"2026-05-09T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:38:24","slug":"they-have-built-a-machine-that-pulls-out-their-mother-tongue-why-tibets-children-think-they-are-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=2465","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue\u2019: why Tibet\u2019s children \u2018think they are Chinese\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/may\/07\/tibet-children-chinese-mandarin-school-preschool-language-culture\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"\u2018They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue\u2019: why Tibet\u2019s children \u2018think they are Chinese\u2019\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4d884f97ace43a8d05f3323792f1f44b950c8cd6\/144_0_1331_1065\/master\/1331.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=630&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&amp;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&amp;overlay-width=100p&amp;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&amp;enable=upscale&amp;s=af38d52c55351ab753bbcf2dd91f573a\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.theguardian.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">\u2018They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue\u2019: why Tibet\u2019s children \u2018think they are Chinese\u2019<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-2465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politica","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465\/revisions\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}