Co Tu People’s Use of Language, Attitudes and Aspirations Towards Their Ethnic Language and Writing System

Abstract

The article presents the latest survey on the situation of language use and attitudes of Co Tu people towards their ethnic language and writing systems. The result shows that Co Tu people are bilingual (Co Tu-Viet), most of them have a good command of their mother tongue and Vietnamese in daily communication. Therefore, Co Tu language is considered safe (not endangered). The article also raises the issue that needs to be agreed upon in the selection of scripts for the Co Tu people in the situation where there is a conflict between the two scripts being used in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces.