Why do more and more Shanghainese people not speak Shanghainese?

The use of Shanghainese was probably set as a dividing line in 1993. Before that, most people who were born in Shanghai and whose parents were Shanghai natives were more or less able to speak Shanghainese. After that, the use of Shanghainese declined rapidly every year. Those born in 2000 basically only know how to listen. The second generation who came to Shanghai from other places also shows this trend (but the level of mastery is much lower than that of the natives). It is unlikely that these people will educate their children in Shanghainese when they grow up. Shanghainese’s current ability to maintain a certain presence in the city is due to the large number of elderly people. When these people are about to die, Shanghainese’s presence will be the same as that of Provence in Marseille. The dialect, Lombardy of Milan is almost the same.

Local groups may think this is a pity. However, due to the populist inertial thinking and the unthinking "habits become natural" approach, they have criticized Iraq for advocating "protecting Shanghainese dialect". Those descendants who speak Mandarin will have much resistance to "protecting Shanghainese" in more than ten years. Once the mother tongue changes, the emotional factors will also be strongly reversed. In the late 1990s, these people from Shanghai’s indigenous families would have some affection for Shanghainese and not be so persistent in regretting it. In the late 2000s, it was difficult to do so. After all, the opportunity to use Shanghainese to ask for directions, buy groceries, or even take a taxi was very difficult. Basically disappeared.