Evolution of the Initial Consonants in the She Language Induced by Contact with Hakka
畬语的声母在跟客语接触下的演变
Hiroki Nakanishi 中西裕树; Bit-Chee Kwok 郭必之

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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.

畬语属于苗瑶语的一支。使用者分布在广东省东部的增城、博罗、惠东和海丰四个县的村子里，人口约一千五百。畬语和客语有长期接触的历史。本文以王辅世等 (1995)拟构的原始苗瑶语为出发点，解释畬语在发展的过程中，它的声母怎么样受到客语的影响。我们提出了「客族畬语」的概念，认为这种由于沟通需要而发展起来的客家人第二语言是导致畬语声母趋向简化的主因。

Keywords 关键词

She Language 畲语 Hakka dialects 客家方言 Language contact 语言接触 Language change 语言变化 Initial consonants 字首辅音

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