社会变迁与新老文字选择——以傈僳族为例

Social Changes and the Choice of New Characters and Old Characters for Lisu People

傈僳族新创文字自1957年创制以来,至今历经半个世纪的社会变迁。选用何种文字作为傈僳族的通用民族文字,自上世纪80年代开始成为争论的焦点,至今仍然没有定论,但是从文字使用的现状调查来看,老傈僳文的使用占有较为明显的优势。

New characters for Lisu ethnic minority has a history of half a century since it was created in 1957. During this time choosing Lisu characters （old or new） as the lingua franca national characters is always a hot topic. With the social transformation and cultural changes, different voices appear on the attitudes of new or old Lisu characeters. Compared with the current use of old and new Lisu characters, the former has obvious advantages over the latter.