由于社会历史和宗教信仰的关系,西双版纳傣语的称谓法具有一定的特点。解放前该地区的傣族社会早已进入封建农奴制社会,全民笃信小乘佛教。在长期的等级分明的社会格局里,受封建礼教的薰陶,傣族人民无论在正规的交际还是亲昵的交谈中,随时都要运用不同的称谓词以表示彼此的地位、辈份的高低;僧俗的差别;年龄的大小和关系的亲疏。解放以后,随着社会的变革,人与人之间的关系发生根本的变化。有些称谓词的内容和使用对象相应地发生了变化。本文联系社会历史介绍傣语指称称谓法和呼名称谓法及其发展变化情况。 Due to the relationship between social history and religious belief, the appellation method of Dai language in Xishuangbanna has certain characteristics. Before the liberation, the Dai community in the area had already entered the feudal serfdom society and the whole people believed in Theravada Buddhism. In the long-term hierarchical social structure, under the influence of feudal ethics, Dai people always use different appellations to express each other’s status and seniority whether they are in formal communication or intimacy conversation. The difference between the size of the age and the closeness of the relationship. After the liberation, with the social change, the fundamental changes have taken place in the relations among people. Some appellations of the content and the use of objects have changed accordingly. This article links to the social history of the Dai language reference and appellation method and called name method and its development and changes.