Subordinate immigrant languages and language endangerment: Two community studies from Kwazulu-Natal

Language Matters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-15

  Mesthrie, Rajend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bhojpuri Hindi; Indian languages; Language shift; Makhuwa; Tamil; Telugu; Urdu; Yao

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249148670     PISSN: 10228195     EISSN: 17535395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10228190608566249     Document Type: Article

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