天祝县藏族居民语言使用现状调查与思考

Rethinking and Analysis of the Current Language Use of Tibetan Residents in Tianzhu County

近些年藏语在当地的语言竞争中使用功能大幅衰退,表现在藏族居民的藏语使用能力、范围、频率及语言态度等多个方面。同时,天祝藏区的语言使用也呈现出明显的代际差异,儿童和青少年转用汉语现象突出。未来天祝藏区的文化与社会发展将面临藏语全面衰危的困境,如何挖掘与弘扬当地乃至河西走廊多民族杂居区的深厚历史文化积淀,维护语言多样性与多语和谐发展的社会环境是当前需要人们反思的重要议题。

The use function of Tibetan language is experiencing a wrenching recession in recent years in the language competition, which is reflected in language use capacity, range, frequency and language attitude of local Tibetan residents. At the same time, in language use in Tianzhu County, generational differences are obvious and the phenomenon of using Chinese by children and adolescents is prominent. In the future, Tibetan cultural and social development in Tianzhu will face the plight of Tibetan language decline. How to explore and promote profound historical and cultural heritages in Tianzhu and other ethnic areas in Gansu Corridor, and how to maintain the social environment of linguistic diversity and harmonious development are important issues which demand profound rethinking.