Multilingualism and language shift in South Africa: The case of Telugu, an Indian language

Multilingua

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 297-319

  Prabhakaran, Varijakshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 20444440098     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.1998.17.2-3.297     Document Type: Article

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