The local characteristics of Bai language

by Cynthia

    The language of the same ethnic group varies from place to place. Take the Bai language for example, there are similarities and differences between the bai languages in different towns and village in our county, which are generally differences in pronunciation and intonation. But there was a place where their Bai language was completely different from ours, and we couldn't even understand what they were saying.

    The cause of this phenomenon is related to the remoteness of the region. The more remote a place is, the less it is affected by the outside world, the better its own culture is preserved. On the contrary, it will be influenced by other ethnic cultures, and gradually show convergence in some customs and. Another important reason is that Bai does not have its own written words, just rely on the word of mouth.So in the process of inheritance, it is hard to avoid appear differences between regions. 

    Now the bai people also use the Chinese homonym to represent the Bai language, and the pinyin teaching method to teach the white language. Some traditional villages are taught in Bai language, such as an ancient village of Bai people——Nuodeng.

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