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Language and Cultural Maintenance among the Gypsies of Jordan

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Al-Khatib, Mahmoud A.; Al-Ali, Mohammed N. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005

In this paper we examine the language situation among the Gypsies of Jordan within the framework of previous theories on language maintenance and shift as proposed by Le Page, Fishman, Dorian and Kelman. The study investigates language and cultural maintenance among the Gypsies of Jordan to permit comparison of the relative influences of various…

Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Isolation