"Lan ai e-hiau lan e bo-gi, lan chiah e-tang iong-siok chun-chai"

From: Hak-khiam TiuN
Date: 2007-04-24 09:36:03

Choe-kin khoaN Indian goan-chu-bin e chheh, u khoaN tioh chit toaN chin u i-su e oe, hoan chhut-lai hou tak-ke chham-kho.猴囡仔乖乖a聽hou好勢。伊若無ka你講，我著愛講hou你了解。母語是你通重要的語言。無m著你的確愛學會曉主流社會的語言（白人的語言）chiah 會當ti這個社會khia-khi。M閣咱愛會曉咱的母語，咱chiah會當永續存在。OK, you children listen. If he won-t tell you, then I must. You must know your language first. Yes, we must know the white mam language to survival in this world. But we must know our language to survive forever.---Darryl Babe Wilson quoting his aunt Gladys, in Salila-ti Mi-mu d-enn-i-gu,News from Native Glaifornia 7:2. p. 38