近年来随着社会经济的发展,少数民族地区加快了发展的步伐,与此同时他们的语言也正经历着传承和消失的两难境地。本文通过对滇西彝族大学生的个案调查,详细了解他们对彝语基本词汇的掌握情况,分析彝语能够稳定使用的原因及转用的原因。 In recent years, with the development of society and economy, minority areas have accelerated their pace of development, meanwhile their languages ​​are experiencing a dilemma of passing on and disappearing. Based on the case studies of the Yi nationality students in western Yunnan, this paper has a detailed understanding of their mastery of the basic terms of Yi language and analyzes the reason why Yi language can be used steadily and the reason of its conversion.