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New Zealanders' Attitudes to the Revitalisation of the Maori Language.
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Nicholson, Rangi; Garland, Ron – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Because further promotion of the Maori language is needed to prevent it from remaining an endangered language, a national survey was conducted of 225 New Zealand adults' opinions about the language and fostering its instruction. Two-thirds of the respondents supported its place in New Zealand society, but 25 percent supported greater use. (23…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Standardization
Ryukyuan: Past, Present, and Future.
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Matsumori, Akiko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1995
Introduces some of the factors that have facilitated the standardization process and the concomitant deterioration of the Ryukyuan vernacular languages in southern Japan, and points out that present patterns of language use in the area suggest the language death of Ryukyuan and the society's impending shift to monolingualism in Standard Japanese.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Attitudes