The Protection of Endangered Languages in Mainland China

With globalization of economy, many minority languages are facing language genocide and loss with the widespread use of dominant language in nation-state. The minorities in mainland China also meet this problem. The assimilation and acculturation from the host culture are very obvious and overwhelming. Many minority people have accepted mainstream Han ideology, culture and language for economic and political reasons, falling into mixed identity problem. In order to maintain the linguistic ecological balance and diversity of cultures, many efforts have been taken to protect the endangered languages. But there are still a lot of problems which are difficult to solve. This article analyzes the dilemma of endangered languages in PRC and some solutions are suggested.