Ahmet PEHLİVAN

Kuzey Kıbrıs'taki gurbetlerin Türkçe ve gurbetçeye yönelik tutumları ile dil kullanımları

Gurbetler Kıbrıs’ta yüzyıllardır yaşayan azınlıklardan yalnızca biridir. Bu insanlar Türkçenin yanında kendi aralarında Gurbetçe denen sözel bir dil kullanırlar. Gurbetler Kıbrıs’ta yüzyıllardır yaşamalarına rağmen, bunların kullandıkları dille ilgili çok fazla çalışmaya rastlanmaz. Bu çalışmada amaç, KKTC’deki Gurbetlerin Türkçe ve Gurbetçeye yönelik tutumlarını ve dil kullanımlarını ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmada, Gurbetlerin Gurbetçeye ve Türkçeye yönelik tutumlarını incelemek için Örtük Eşleştirme Yöntemi, dil kullanımlarını betimlemek için ise görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır.Araştırmada elde edilen en önemli sonuçlardan biri; Gurbetçeyi temsil eden konuşmacıların samimi, güvenilir ve arkadaşça olduğu kanısıdır. Bir diğer sonuç ise, katılımcıların Türkçe konuşanları eğitimli, zeki ve Türkçeyi de güncel bir dil olarak değerlendirmeleridir. Bunun yanında tüm katılımcılar kendilerini Türkçe iletişim kurmada Gurbetçeden daha başarılı hissetmektedir. Bu araştırmadaki sonuçlara bakıldığında, katılımcıların Gurbetçe kullanma oranının yaşlılardan gençlere doğru azaldığı görülmektedir. Yani Gurbet ana-babalar çocuklarına bu dili aktarmamaktadır. Ayrıca katılımcılar Gurbetçeyi çocuklarının konuşmasını istedikleri en son dil olarak göstermektedirler. Bu da Gurbetçenin gelecek kuşaklarca unutulabileceği anlamına gelmektedir.

The attitudes of ghurbeties in Northern Cyprus towards Turkish and ghurbetcha and their language use

The Ghurbeties (Moslem Gypsies of Cyprus) are one of the groups of people living in Cyprus. These people speak a language called Ghurbetcha. However, they are also fluent in Turkish. Although they have been living in Cyprus for centuries, there is not much research into the languages of the Ghurbeties. This research aims to reveal the attitudes of Ghurbeties in Northern Cyprus towards Turkish and Ghurbetcha, and their language use. In this study, the matched-guise procedure is used to investigate the attitudes of Ghurbeties in Northern Cyprus towards Turkish and Ghurbetcha and the interview technique to describe their language use.One of the findings obtained in this research is that the participants representing “Ghurbetcha” are believed to be sincere, dependable and friendly. Another finding is the fact that the participants consider the Ghurbeties who speak Turkish are educated, intelligent and the Turkish language as an modern language. In addition to this, all the participants have the opinion that they communicate more successfully in Turkish rather than in Ghurbetcha.Eventually, this research reveals the fact that the use of Ghurbetcha decreases as the age gets younger.In other words, the language is not transmitted from the parents to the children. In addition, the participants point out that Ghurbetcha is the last language that they want their children to learn. This indicates that Ghurbetcha is bound to become extinct.

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