畲族母语使用现状探析

地处福建东部的宁德市,历代以来一直是畲族的主要聚居地。目前全市畲族人口近19万,约占全国畲族人口1/4。随着现代经济、文化教育、科学技术的发展以及交通、通讯、传媒的普及,畲族语言的传承与发展同时也面临着严峻的考验。据调查,目前能较好地掌握畲语并流利地进行交流的不到闽东畲族人口的36%,从界定濒危语言的各项指标来看,畲语的使用功能已经处于比较危机的状态,而且随着社会变革速度的加快,畲语使用功能衰退的趋势将越发明显,应该引起我们的极大关注。

An Analysis of the Current Situation of the She Nationality Language Use

Ningde city,located in the eastern part of F ujian Province, has been the main settlement of She Nationality. And the population of She group in this region is as many as 190,000, making up a quarter of the whole country＇ s. With the development of the economy, culture and education, science and technology as well as the widespread of the modern transportation, telecommunications and media,the inheritance and growth of She language have already been confronted with a serious challenge. On the basis of the survey, this paper reveals that the number of She people in the East of Fujian who have good grasps of their own native language is less than 36 per cent;Furthermore, the functions of She language have been in a declination judged from the criteria used to define what an endangered language is, and the declination will become increasingly obvious with the great changes of the society. Consequently, more concerns should be given to the endangered language of She.