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Macalister, John – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2010
The monolingualism of New Zealand has often been remarked on, but statutory and demographic changes in recent years suggest a shift away from the dominance of the English language. New Zealand now has two official languages, the indigenous Maori language and New Zealand Sign Language, and census data report a decreasing proportion of monolingual…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Sign Language, Official Languages, Monolingualism

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