BEIJING, April 29 -- Scholars from some famous universities in the mailand and Hong Kong have called for measures to preserve China's ethnic minority languages, at a seminar held in Guangzhou on the language and culture of ethnic minority groups.

    Experts say many of China's 120 minority languages face extinction due to under-use as society is dominated by the Mandarin language. They say it's the nation's obligation to record and preserve them as cultural treasures.

    Their suggestions included the use audio and video equipments as means of preservation.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)