东乡族的书面语言——“小经”文字  

On the Written Language, Xiao Jing Script, of Dongxiang People

作　　者：阿.伊布拉黑麦.陈元龙 

机构地区：[1]甘肃省委统战部 [2]甘肃社会主义学院 [3]中国统一战线理论研究会民族宗教理论甘肃研究基地

出　　处：《西北民族研究》2015年第4期61-68,222,共9页Journal of Northwestern Ethnic Studies

摘　　要：一般公认,东乡族没有文字。本文认为,东乡族有本民族文字,这就是用阿拉伯字母拼写东乡语的一种拼音文字——东乡族"小经"文字。它产生于17世纪之前,主要用于记录民间文学、作札记、通信等,是一种社会应用的文字,现今仍在流传,至少已有300年以上的历史。东乡族的"小经"文字共有35个字母、9个附加符号和3个标点符号。它还存在一定的缺陷,主要是正字法不健全,表现在:有一字母多音值和一音值多字母现象;字母偏多;没有字母表;附加符号多,标点符号少;基本上以音节为单位连写。It is widely accepted that Dongxiang people possesses no written language. However, this article claims that Dongxiang people do have a written language of their own, which is, Dongxiang Xiao Jing script. Xiao Jing is a phonetic alphabet being composed of Arabic letters. Appeared before the 17 th century, Dongxiang Xiao Jing script, an applied written form, was mainly used to record folklores, write notes and exchange messages for more than three hundred years. Dongxiang Xiao Jing script consists of 35 letters, 9 phonetic signs and 3 punctuation marks. However, it remains some defects which mostly lie in orthography： one letter makes 2-3 sounds, or one sound is given multiple letters; contains more letters than actually needed; no alphabet is established; gets too many phonetic signs, but too few punctuation marks; discourse is basically cohered only with syllables. Despite of these defects, Xiao Jing script exists factually as a written language of Dongxiang people.

关 键 词：东乡族 文字 “小经”文 

分 类 号：K890[历史地理—民俗学]