EVOLUTION OF THE INITIAL CONSONANTS IN THE SHE LANGUAGE INDUCED BY CONTACT WITH HAKKA

畬語的聲母在跟客語接觸下的演變

中西裕樹(Hiroki Nakanishi) ； 郭必之(Bit-Chee Kwok)

《Journal of Chinese Linguistics》 37卷2期 (2009/06) Pp. 207-226

摘要

The She language is a member of the Hmong-Mien family, spoken in mountainous areas in eastern Guangdong of China by about 1,500 people. Its long history of contact with the Hakka dialects of Chinese is well acknowledged in literature. In this paper, we investigate how contact governed the evolution of She initial system, making it become a Hakka-like pattern. It is thought that Hakka-She, the second language spoken by the Hakka people when they came into contact with the She, played a particular important role in shaping the present She initials.

關鍵字

She language ； Hakka dialects of Chinese ； language contact ； language change ； initial consonants

並列摘要

畬語屬於苗瑤語的一支。使用者分佈在廣東省東部的增城、博羅、惠東和海豐四個縣的村子裡，人口約一千五百。畬語和客語有長期接觸的歷史。本文以王輔世等(1995)擬構的原始苗瑤語為出發點，解釋畬語在發展的過程中，它的聲母怎麼樣受到客語的影響。我們提出了「客族畬語」的概念，認為這種由於溝通需要而發展起來的客家人第二語言是導致畬語聲母趨向簡化的主因。

並列關鍵字

畬語 ； 客語 ； 語言接觸 ； 語言演變 ； 聲母