青海同仁土族的语言认同和民族认同

Language Identity and Ethnic Identity of the Tu Ethnic Group in Tongren,Qinghai Province

同仁土族的吾屯话和保安语是家庭和族内交际语,仍有活力,但因其社会文化功能的局限性,加之"同族异语"、"族源多元",使用不同语言的土族群体之间相互认同度不高,民族认同意识趋于弱化。与之相应,由于藏语和藏文化在当地处于优势,学校教育、寺院、社会交际都离不开藏语,当地土族认同藏语和藏文化的倾向有强化的趋势。

Wutun dialect and Bao＇an dialect of the Tu language in Tongren County remain alive as the communicative language in their families and communities. However, due to the weak social cultural function and the phenomena of same ethnic group share different languages and various origins＇, different groups of the Tu with different dialects share little ethnic identification, and their sense of ethnic identity tends to be weakened. Correspondingly, the local people of Tu ethnic group reveal a strong tendency to associate themselves with the Tibetan language and culture because they hold a dominant position in local areas such as in school education,monasteries and the local social communication.