从桂林市临桂县茶洞乡青少年的母语使用情况、语言兼用情况、语言使用域走向三个方面对茶洞语的语言活力进行调查分析,考察当前茶洞语在青少年群体中的使用情况以及当前经济全球化趋势下少数民族语言文字的生存和发展状况,旨在引发各界人士关注少数民族语言文化的保护和传承问题。
Based on a survey on the language vitality of Chadong language in Lingui County of Guilin City on the part of youngsters from the following three aspects: native language use, multilingualism and language shift, as well as trends in existing language domains, the paper focuses on youngsters using Chadong language, which serves as a sample of the language ecology among ethno-linguistic communities. It then puts forward some suggestions for the implementation of bilingual education in ethnic minority areas.