In Hong Kong there are many of us who want to preserve Hong Kong/Cantonese culture from erosion by CCP/mainland culture. For example, sometimes you can see a lot of mandarin around school kids rather than cantonese. The government is also pushing for schools to teach in mandarin rather than cantonese. Mandarin is the language for mainland china, Cantonese is a minority language.
I imagine it is like this in other parts of the world where someone from a ‘minority’ culture wishes to preserve their culture & language against the dominant culture/language. Is there a word for someone like this in English?
the closest i could think of is “nationalist” but that’s definitely not correct, it’s not like one saying one culture is superior, but just that you want to protect it and conserve it and keep it in place.
Traditionalist
Preservationist
Anti-colonialist
Given the history of HK…I don’t think that one works very well.
Not a conventional case, but I’ve seen some HKers use the word ‘colonizers’ deliberately against pro-Beijing commenters. It effectively gives the vibe of PRC being yet another colonial master, which really triggers internet fights.