A Study on the Living State of the Mosuo Language in Yunnan Based on the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation
This study investigates the living state (vitality) of the Mosuo dialect spoken in Yunnan's Ninglang region, drawing on first-hand fieldwork across 20 natural villages in 14 village committees within 8 townships inhabited by Mosuo people. Based on this survey, the author classifies the dialect's vitality into four types: vigorous, active, maintaining, and declining. These patterns correlate closely with language-ecology factors such as Mosuo people's residential environment, degree of ethnic identity, the rise and decline of Daba culture, and local socioeconomic development. The Mosuo language belongs to the Naic branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family and is spoken by roughly 60,000 people, mainly distributed across the Yongning, Beiqu, and Guaba dialect areas, which show notable lexical differences. The paper argues that maintaining the Mosuo dialect's living state supports harmonious language-ecology development and helps strengthen the sense of community for the Chinese nation, offering both theoretical and practical value for minority language protection and ethnic unity.
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