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Tradition and reform in China's minority languages
Author(s) -
Svantesson JanOlof
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1991.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - scripting language , china , political science , minority language , linguistics , sociology , public relations , law , computer science , programming language , philosophy
In this article I describe the written language situation of China's minority peoples, and deal in particular with script reforms and the creation of new scripts after the People's Republic was founded in 1949. In spite of great efforts made by minority researchers and administrators, the new and reformed scripts have had little success, and the possible reasons for this are discussed. Extensive information on the minority languages of China is given in appendices to the article.