從泗水漢字語言景觀談印尼繁簡字變遷及繁體字未來發展

Linguistic Landscape in Surabaya: A Study on the History and Development of Chinese Characters in Indonesia

本文初探現今印尼第二大城泗水的漢字語言景觀及華文報紙的漢字使用情況，做量化分析及質性描述，進而梳理1999年至今印尼繁、簡體字變遷脈絡，最後探討繁體字在印尼是否具有發展空間並提出建議。結果顯示商業空間中的漢字語言景觀繁體字占七成以上，華文報紙以簡體字為主但仍可見繁體字，另現今印尼政府並未規範漢字使用及教學、老、中輩華人能識繁體字並有學習群眾，臺灣政府可把握此機會及場域，在印尼地區推廣「用簡識繁」觀念，將印尼作為繁體字重點推動地區並設立「臺灣書院」統籌繁體字推廣事宜，開創臺灣華語教學市場與獨特性。 The aim of this paper is find out the usage of traditional Chinese and the simplified Chinese through the Chinese linguistic landscapes and the Chinese newspaper in Surabaya. To begin with, we do the qualitative and quantitative analysis of linguistic landscapes and newspaper. Then, we do the reference research to find out the development of Chinese characters from 1999. Finally, we discuss whether traditional Chinese characters still have advantage for development in Indonesia and make recommendations. The results show that the traditional Chinese characters in account for more than 70% of the traditional Chinese characters linguistic landscape in the commercial space, while the Chinese language newspapers are mainly in simplified characters but still can be seen in traditional Chinese characters. In addition, the Indonesia government does not regulate the usage of Chinese characters, some of the Chinese Indonesian could read traditional Chinese and there still are learning people. Due to the uniqueness of traditional Chinese teaching by Taiwan, we suggest the Taiwan government might seize the opportunity in this region. First, promote the concept of “Writing in Simplified Chinese and Understanding Traditional Chinese” and take Indonesian as an important part of traditional Chinese promotion. Furthermore, the governmentcould consider about the establishment of “Taiwan Academy” to plan the promotion and teaching of traditional Chinese in Indonesia.