印度尼西亚山口洋客语社区的语族活力评估--基于一个客家人家庭的深度访谈

Linguistic Vitality Assessment of Hakka Community in Singkawang,Indonesia--Based on an In-depth Interview with Hakka Family

使用联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)确定的语族活力六要素,分析印度尼西亚山口洋客语社区的语族活力,认为目前该社区祖语的语族活力等级为“不安全”。该等级反映出目前山口洋客家语的使用领域与功能已表现出一定的局限性,语言转用已处于发展阶段。虽然推测山口洋客家语在当前以及未来一段时间内能较好地传承,但若不在此阶段及时保护,其未来传承将受到阻碍:客家语作为目前山口洋的强势语言,将逐渐在各个领域让步于印尼社会主流语言——印尼语。

Based on the six factors of linguistic vitality determined by UNESCO,this paper has analyzed the language vitality of Hakka community in Singkawang,Indonesia.The results reveal that the language vitality grade of the target community is“unsafe”.This grade reflects the limitation of the domains and function the Hakka language and the development of language shift.Although the Hakka language in Singkawang at present is and,in the future,will be well inherited,without timely protection,its future inheritance will be hindered.As the dominant language of Singkawang,the Hakka will gradually give way to the Indonesian,the mainstream language of the Indonesian society,in all domains.