#because even though the cantonese-speaking diaspora is huge; future generations are so often de-incentivized to know cantonese
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It's a minor detail but I'm so emotional over Doctor Who making the universal human language in the future based on Cantonese.
#doctor who#doctor who spoilers#listen there are a whole lot of loaded implications around the idea of a universal human language which i'm well aware of#but insofar as sci fic/fantasy stories have the concept of a human 'basic' language#it's almost always based on english/thinly evolved english#so to have doctor who make it cantonese is hitting me real hard in the emotions#especially because i've had so many conversations with cantonese elders about how they're afraid for the survival of the language#because even though the cantonese-speaking diaspora is huge; future generations are so often de-incentivized to know cantonese
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