AN OVERVIEW OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY LANGUAGES IN DAK LAK PROVINCE VIET NAM

Abstract

The article uses the means of recording, shooting, survey samples, interviews; calendar and
contemporary materials; the methods of surveying, investigating, compare, contrast,
describing, analyzing, synthesizing and statistic. The research results have clarified the picture
of languages of ethnic minorities in Dak Lak province, Vietnam through the following aspects:
Introduction of the situation of population distribution of ethnic minorities in Dak Lak
province; Analyzing and explaining the linguistic characteristics of ethnic minorities in the area
with the following contents: origin relations, language types, writing, social linguistics. The
research results have been applied to the reality of language education and used in ethnic
minority areas in Vietnam in general and in Dak Lak in particular; contributing to showing the
equality of languages and cultures among ethnic groups, thereby unifying the will and action,
consolidating the power of great unity, developing the economy and maintaining national
security and security in the area and Central Highlands region.