Language planning from below: An example from Northern Malawi

Language Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-165

  Kamwendo, Gregory Hankoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Chichewac Chinyanja; Chitumbuka; Language planning; Language policy; Livingstonia Mission; Northern region; Orthography; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944492689     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-005-3514-8     Document Type: Review

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