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Does that service dialect have a name?

Britton WatkinsXenolinguist, language consultant

Yeah, it's the service, or the word means a little bit more military, so the unification of the empire included this evolution of a dialect that they speak when they're in military service. So instead of calling it Waxian, they call it Waxia, which means the language of the service, or originally that meant military.

Happy Hour›Interview: The Xi'an Language and YOU·
Published on this date.17 Nov 2017
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