Will it disappear? Many "Little Ryan" can't speak dialects! Ryan, where are you going?

"At present, some people in their sixties and seventies can't speak Mandarin; People in their forties and fifties can speak but are not standard; People in their twenties and thirties speak standard Mandarin and usually speak dialects. Children under the age of ten can only speak Mandarin. If this generation grows up, they may not understand Ryan's words, and slowly Ryan's words will die! " This is the sigh of many older intellectuals. They have seen many children communicate in standard Mandarin, but they can't understand Ryan dialect. Will the "Rui 'an Dialect" disappear? This may be a "gossip" that only discusses the results, but it is a realistic problem worthy of attention. This practical problem has also attracted the attention of the cultural circles in our city. The establishment of the Municipal Language and Art Association is the result of their joint efforts. They have published books on dialect sayings and ballads, and held a dialect ballad competition ... They are trying to inherit and popularize Rui 'an dialect. The future of Rui 'an dialect needs the common concern of all Rui 'an people.

Ryan children are performing Ryan dialect programs.

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Half of the students can't speak Ryan fluently

"My nephew can speak Ryan dialect before going to kindergarten. When he entered the kindergarten, he could only speak Mandarin. Now in the first grade of primary school. The Ryan dialect he spoke when he was 3 years old was basically forgotten. " "Two-thirds of the children now speak Mandarin, one-third speak Ryan dialect, and they also speak very' foreign'." ... born and raised in Ryan, people can't speak or even understand Ryan dialect, which is more prominent among the new generation of "Little Ryan" people.

There is a public course in the city library, in which Rui 'an dialect is an optional course. The teacher of this course, Ms. Ji, once made a survey. More than half of the more than 20 students in the class can't communicate in Rui 'an dialect, and only a few students in the remaining half can communicate fluently in Rui 'an dialect, while others can only speak simple everyday language.

In a class of grade three in a primary school in this city, the reporter made a similar survey. 75% of Ryan's native students in this class have replaced their hometown dialect as a more freely used communication tool. Only about 10% of the students think that "using hometown dialect is more proficient".

It is better to learn English than to learn Rui 'an dialect.

Mr. Zhong's 8-year-old daughter is studying bubble English in New Oriental. Although Ryan can't speak, he can master simple and fluent daily English communication. Mr. Zhong said that husband and wife usually speak Mandarin or communicate in simple English with their children at home. Even if there are elderly people at home, try to ask them not to speak Ryan dialect in front of their children. "After the children grow up, there will be few opportunities to use dialects. It is better to learn more English. "

"Learning a foreign language is king these days" and "There is no dialect in the college entrance examination" ... There are not a few netizens who have the same idea as Mr. Zhong. They don't expect their children to speak Ryan dialect well, but think it is good to learn English well.

Ryan's English training classes are everywhere, and there is no English learning environment, so parents try their best to create it. But in terms of dialects, it is obvious that there is a good language environment. As long as you use it more and communicate more in your daily life, it is almost a matter of course to learn well. Many parents don't want to spend this time, preferring their children not to speak dialects. What a pity!

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There are many reasons for the fault in "Rui 'an Dialect".

The emergence of dialects is caused by many factors, such as the continuous promotion of Putonghua, the increasing number of new Ruian people, and the weakening of dialects by strong commercial culture and global culture.

The school is the position to promote Putonghua, and the slogan "Please use Putonghua" can be seen everywhere in the teaching building. Whether speaking in class or communicating after class, students are generally required to speak Mandarin.

A class teacher told reporters that there was a theme activity in the class at the beginning of the semester, and one of the programs was to dub a short article in Rui' an dialect. As a result, the students' dubbing was varied, which made the whole class laugh. The teacher also learned from parents that some parents don't want their children to speak dialects for fear of affecting their children's learning Mandarin, while others don't want their children to speak dialects themselves. Both of these phenomena are gradually weakening dialects. "Children's living environment lacks the conditions to contact dialects, and they can't learn authentic dialects."

The influence of the nanny who gets along with the children day and night taking away the "Ryan dialect" can also be seen. Nannies have now entered thousands of households, and most of them are non-Ryan locals, except for washing and cooking and taking care of children. Many parents find that their children are learning babbling, Subei dialect, Anhui dialect, and various southern accents and northern accents. "Today's' non-mainstream' children will grow into elites who will influence tomorrow's mainstream. If the local dialect is broken on them, it is conceivable that Rui' an dialect will disappear in the future. " Some netizens are very worried about this.

What if the local dialect disappears?

"If Rui 'an dialect dies, first of all, the intangible cultural heritage such as Rui 'an drum lyrics will be difficult to continue to pass on, and even die with the dialect." Ji, president of the Municipal Language and Art Association, said that the power, status and disorder of dialects have caused the fault of artistic inheritance, and dialect culture is losing a lot.

"Take Ryan drum lyrics as an example. How many young Ryan people listen to drums today, and how many people can understand them? " Ji said that dialects are gradually lost, fewer and fewer people can understand dialects, and the audience of Ruian Drum Ci is naturally less and less, which makes the inheritance more problematic. If the dialect has no certain way of inheritance and is in a marginal state for a long time, then the inheritance of Ruian Drum Ci is tantamount to cooking without rice and a tree without roots.

In this regard, as early as two years ago, a representative member put forward a motion, hoping to attach importance to the intangible cultural heritage such as Ruian Guci, and through protection and persistence, promote Ruian dialect to gradually return to its due position and continue to play its role as a carrier of inheriting local important cultural heritage.

As the saying goes, "five miles is different from customs, and ten miles is different from sounds." Better sell your ancestral fields than forget your ancestral words. "Dialect is not only the language of life, but also the bond to maintain emotions.

"If the dialect is lost, then the Ryan people can't be called' Ryan people'." Ji Wenwen also said that whenever a Ryan is in a foreign country, it is not the place of birth on the ID card that proves whether you are a Ryan, but the fluent dialect. When a Ryan person can't speak Ryan dialect, he loses the most basic culture of Ryan, and there is no emotional bond between fellow villagers.

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City Language and Art Association was established to promote dialects.

In order to promote and protect Rui 'an dialect, the Municipal Language and Art Association was established on 20 12 with Ji, a member who has been paying attention to the promotion and protection of Rui 'an dialect, as its president.

After the establishment of the Space Association, we immediately began to compile the folk songs of Rui 'an dialect. "The most important thing in dialect promotion is to make a new generation of children interested in dialects. Only if they are willing to learn dialects can dialects be passed down. " Ji said that there are many dialect songs in Rui 'an. After the collection is established, find someone to compose music, sing and speak, which is very interesting and entertaining.

Soon, the book Lyrics of Rui 'an Dialect was published and was loved by many children. A CD-ROM is attached to the back of the book, so that children can not only learn dialects through words, but also hear Rui 'an dialect with clear pronunciation and mellow voice.

While the iron is hot, the Municipal Language and Art Association decided to plan and hold the Ryan Dialect Ballad Competition, hoping to promote the singing of Ryan nursery rhymes through the competition, show the artistic style of Ryan children, and strive to make the Ryan Dialect Nursery Rhyme Competition a boutique cultural brand in Ryan. 20 13, the first Ruian dialect song contest was held vigorously. The contest is divided into three categories: children, teenagers and groups, and there are four venues. Nearly 600 children took part in the competition.

The promotion of Rui 'an dialect has also been supported by the Municipal Education Bureau. The competition has now become a competition for primary and secondary school students' art festival.

"Being an art festival competition will make the competition sustainable, and schools and parents will pay more attention to it, which is good for the promotion of dialects."

This year, the third dialect ballad contest was held. At the competition, many parents said that they must learn Rui 'an dialect. Through this competition, children are more interested in speaking dialects, and their courage has also been exercised.

It is understood that in recent years, members of the CPPCC have put forward proposals every year in Ryan, calling for attaching importance to inheriting and promoting dialect culture. In 2009, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee organized and compiled the book "Selected Nursery Rhymes in Ryan", which took a gratifying step to save the dialect nursery rhymes and was also appreciated by all walks of life.

At present, some CPPCC members are collecting various proverbs of Rui 'an dialect, hoping to publish them into books in the future and make contributions to the protection and inheritance of Rui 'an dialect.

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To promote Putonghua, we must promote dialects.

Small dialects contain great culture. In my opinion, Rui 'an dialect is a local language that has been widely used by tens of millions of people in daily life for thousands of years, covering everything from astronomy and geography to daily life. "Sometimes we say one thing or one thing to others in Mandarin, which may not be understandable, but we can understand it immediately if we express it in a half-Ryan dialect. This is the unique charm of Ryan dialect. "

How can a child speak Ryan? In my opinion, some people suggest teaching teachers and holding training courses, and some of them are redundant. Two o'clock is enough. Parents or one of them can speak Ryan dialect, and the family atmosphere can speak Ryan dialect. Because if a dialect can be passed down by holding a training class, it means that the dialect is not far from the day of extinction. "Appropriate space should be left for dialects, so that they can play a positive role." It is ideal for children to speak both standard Mandarin and authentic dialects, and to have this bilingual ability in Chinese, so as to play the communicative role of languages in the occasions of their respective division of labor.