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Banda, Felix – Language Policy, 2016
Drawing on online and daily newspapers, speakers' language and writing practices, official government documents and prescribed spelling systems in Southern Africa, the paper explores the challenges and possibilities of orthographic reforms allowing for mobility across language clusters, ethnicity, regional and national borders. I argue that this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Public Policy, Ethnic Groups
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Chebanne, Andy – Language Policy, 2016
Khoisan languages are spoken by various culturally diverse communities of Southern Africa. These languages also present an important linguistic diversity. Some of Khoisan languages communities are generally under-researched, marginalized and experiencing sustained sociolinguistic forces that threaten them. For those that have been documented,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Cultural Pluralism, Disadvantaged