国际组织语言政策特点调查研究

An Investigation into the Features of Language Policies in International Organizations

本文从Irvin(1992)编写的《国际组织》一书中抽取九大类国际组织,并对它们的官方语言进行了数据统计和分析。研究结果发现如下特点:不同性质的国际组织在其官方语言政策的制定上会有所差异;各类国际组织的官方语言绝大多数是欧洲语言;国际组织官方语言使用率最高的十大语言从高到低依次是英语、法语、德语、西班牙语、意大利语、阿语、葡语、瑞典语、俄语、丹麦语;汉语在国际组织的使用率仅有0.26%,而英语却高达88.41%;国际组织总部所在国的语言更容易成为该组织的官方语言。本文认为,国际组织语言政策的研究可为我国语言政策的研究提供国际视野和实践参考,此外,了解、研究和应用国际组织的语言政策将有助于中国更好地融入国际组织大家庭,以便扩大中国及汉语的影响,加快中国参与全球治理的步伐。

Based on the data from International Organizations edited by L. Irvin in 1992, this paper makes statistical analysis of the official languages of nine types of international organizations ( IOs). The findings show that there are small differences in language politics ( LPs) between different types of IOs, whose official languages are mostly European languages. The top ten official languages of IOs are English, French , German, Spanish , Italian, Arabic , Portuguese, Swedish , Russian and Danish. The use of Chinese in IOs is 0. 26%, while that of English in IOs is 88.41 %. The languages of the countries in which headquarters of IOs are located are usually included in the official languages of IOs. The article argues that research into the LPs of IOs can be referential for the development of China into the international organization family, and conducive for China and Mandarin joining IOs and taking part in global governance.