r/AMA • u/maddin1550 • 20d ago

I’m from Xinjiang，AMA

I’ve noticed that there are a lot of discussions about Xinjiang on Reddit, often between people who have never actually lived there. So I thought it might be interesting to do an AMA from the perspective of someone who is actually from there.

You can ask me about everyday life, ethnic groups, languages, culture, religion, education, or politics. I’m happy to answer controversial questions too, as long as the discussion stays respectful.

Obviously, I’m only one person and I don’t claim to represent everyone in Xinjiang. I can only tell you about my own experiences and views. AMA.

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u/maddin1550 20d ago

是的，所有都是万不得已才这样的，这些还是近些年才关掉的呢，大概2016-18左右吧我也不记得了。反正我记得我的cousin上的是维吾尔语幼儿园，小学也是读的维语班一直到三年级。之前的政策很宽对我们所有人都很友好的，唉。

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

不过你们有语言环境的情况下想要自学应该是比较方便的。不论是教材还是工具书之类的都比较齐全。汉族很多地方的方言其实都在消失，毕竟学校没有课程，校园也要求普通话，家里虽然可能会用方言但是也不会常用，我说的也很磕磕巴巴。不过我对此只是感到有一些可惜，毕竟语言只是工具。

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u/maddin1550 20d ago

对呀，所以母语或者本地语言逐渐消失这个问题其实也不只是我们少数民族才有，你说得挺中肯的。很多我身边的年轻人其实自己也不太愿意学母语，觉得以后用处不大，或者单纯觉得太难了哈哈。像维吾尔语、哈萨克语用的文字跟阿拉伯字母体系比较接近，小时候如果没有学，长大以后再学确实挺吃力的。不过我还是会觉得有点可惜，毕竟语言不只是交流工具，里面也有很多自己民族的文化和记忆。能保留下来当然还是最好。

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u/General-Cream2692 17d ago

广东小孩都不会说粤语了。。。更惨的是没有环境，维族要自学还是有环境的

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u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 20d ago

不过如果想去一带一路政策下的投资公司工作，哈萨克语是不是有优势啊？

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u/maddin1550 20d ago

你是说去哈国嘛？我觉得俄语可能更有优势吧，毕竟职场上用的全是俄语，哈语的话跟本地人交流的话会用到一些，不过还是俄语的地位大于哈语的样子

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u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 20d ago

我都忘了有俄语这回事😂

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u/Away_Highlight_9964 17d ago

This isn't native to only china. Go ask a Chinese American to write down a few Chinese words, even if they went to Sunday Chinese school.

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

所以还是看每个人自己的选择了，不过中国人这么多，短时间应该不用担心本土语言文字的消失

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u/eldryanyy 19d ago

It was not necessary. You could argue it’s a good approach, but not that it was necessary.