生态语言学视域下濒危阿亚帕涅科语研究

Study on the Endangered Ayapaneco Language in an Ecological Linguistic Perspective

在拉丁美洲众多濒危印第安语中,阿亚帕涅科语作为墨西哥阿雅帕村的当地语言已经濒临灭绝。如何有效地保护这门语言已成为一个亟待解决的问题。该文从生态语言学的视角来研究阿亚帕涅科语,旨在探讨该语言濒危的原因以及保护这门语言的方法。墨西哥使用西班牙语进行义务教育;20世纪70年代,大量的西班牙语使用者涌入阿雅帕村;当地人对阿亚帕涅科语的消极态度等,都是导致这门语言濒临灭绝的主要原因。目前最重要的是要利用好人工智能等现代科学技术对这门语言进行记录、保存、分析等工作。

Among the many endangered Indian languages in Latin America, Ayapaneco, the local language of the village of Ayapa, Mexico, is on the verge of extinction. It has become an urgent problem how to effectively preserve this language. This article examines the Ayapaneco language from an ecological linguistic perspective, with the aim of exploring the causes of the language’s endangerment and ways to preserve it. The use of Spanish for compulsory education in Mexico, the influx of Spanish speakers to the village of Ayapa in the 1970s, and the negative attitude of the locals toward Ayapaneco are the main reasons for the endangerment of this language. It is currently most important that modern science and technology, such as artificial intelligence, can be used to record, preserve, and analyze this language.