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The Dynamics of Language Maintenance among Speakers of Chindali in Mbozi District, Tanzania

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dc.creator Swilla, Imani N.
dc.date 2016-08-23T11:47:01Z
dc.date 2016-08-23T11:47:01Z
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:45:34Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:45:34Z
dc.identifier Swilla, I.N., 2005. The Dynamics of Language Maintenance among Speakers of Chindali in Mbozi District, Tanzania. アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究, (70), pp.23-32.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3554
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3554
dc.description This paper discusses findings of a research on the vitality of Chindali, a language spoken in south-west Tanzania, among speakers who have migrated to a new area, away from its heartland. Research shows that there is language maintenance. Several factors have contributed to the maintenance of the language - the desire for preservation and survival as a distinct group in the new location and pride in the culture, monolingualism, dominance of Chindali as the language of the family and community, the rural nature of the population, low levels of formal education and continued contacts with Bundali. The paper raises the need to conduct more studies on vernacular languages in contact, in order to understand the phenomenon and its impacts.
dc.language en
dc.title The Dynamics of Language Maintenance among Speakers of Chindali in Mbozi District, Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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