Tracking the demographics of (urban) language shift-an analysis of South African census data

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-35

  Deumert, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Census; Language demographics; Language shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952888120     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630903215125     Document Type: Article

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