The linguistic situation of Wutun (ngandehua). Endangerment and ethnolinguistic vitality
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The linguistic situation of Wutun (ngandehua). Endangerment and ethnolinguistic vitality
Original language description
This paper discusses some dynamics of endangerment and ethnolinguistic vitality in the Wutun language. Wutun, called ngandehua by its community, is a distinct variety of Northwest Mandarin strongly influenced by Tibetan. The language is spoken by approximately 4,000 people in a rural area called Wutun in Chinese and Sengge gshong in Tibetan, situated in Tongren county, Huangnan prefecture, Qinghai province. In this area, Northwest Mandarin and Amdo Tibetan constitute the vehicular languages, Amdo Tibetan is also the language of cultural identification, and Standard Chinese, as in other parts of Northwest China, is considered the language of social mobility.The language is spoken exclusively in the rural area for daily communication - it has no written standard, and it is considered definitely endangered by UNESCO.This paper examines the current linguistic situation of the Wutun language. In particular, it discusses ethnographic notes on language habits and attitudes of the community and linguistic data on the lexicon of the language. It aims to demonstrate that the language attitudes of the speakers and the socio-economic context of the rural area do not contribute to raising the status of the language, but do play a role in maintaining its main function as the language of communication.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Endangered languages of Northeast Asia
ISBN
978-90-04-50342-7
Number of pages of the result
19
Pages from-to
38-56
Number of pages of the book
328
Publisher name
Brill
Place of publication
Leiden
UT code for WoS chapter
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