东乡语语言活力及濒危现状考察——以汪集乡何家村为例

An Investigation of the Vitality and Endangered Status of Dongxiang Language

东乡语为中国东乡族使用语言。文章基于实际田野调查的数据和一手材料,参照联合国教科文组织濒危语言评估标准,综合考虑国内少数民族的自身情况,从语言使用功能和语言本体功能两方面考察东乡语的语言活力及濒危现状并分析其形成原因。调查表明:东乡语属于语言活力降低、渐露濒危特征的语言。

Dongxiang language is the language used by Dongxiang people. Based on the data of the actual field survey and the first-hand materials,according to the UNESCO’s assessment standards for endangered languages and the domestic minority’s own situation,the article examines the language vitality and endangered status of Dongxiang language from the aspects of language use function and language ontology function and analyze the reasons for its formation. The survey shows that Dongxiang language is a language with reduced vitality and revealing endangered features.