Chinese pentaglot rap
Language Log 2017-12-28
Summary:
A Shanghainese friend of a friend just sent him a link to a curious video, and he forwarded it to me. It looks like a Nike-sponsored rap song with five different fāngyán 方言 ("topolects") and lots of English. My friend asked, "I wonder to what degree the Hànzì 汉字 ("Chinese characters") in the subtitles match […]