The language uses of the Pacoh people in A Lưới district, Thừa Thiên Huế province

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to find out the language uses of the Pa Co people in their daily life in A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province. Based on the findings, the article will provide necessary forecasts to contribute to preserving and promoting the role of the Pa Co language in building the  socio-economic development in the local area. The research results show that Pa Co peoples are multilingual and in A Lươi district the Pa Co - Vietnamese bilingualism  is very popular. Nowadays, the Paco language has the most important communicative role in families, among people of the same ethnic group and belief activities. However, in public and administrative domains or in communication with people from other ethnic groups, Vietnamese is an important means of communication. The Pa Co people have a positive linguistic attitude towards their mother tongue and Vietnamese.