Le Francais au Zaire: Langue "superieure" et chances de "survie" dans un pays africain (French in Zaire: The Language of Prestige and Its Odds for Survival in an African Country).

ya Rubango, Nyunda

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Publication Date: 1986

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Le Francais au Zaire: Langue "superieure" et chances de "survie" dans un pays africain (French in Zaire: The Language of Prestige and Its Odds for Survival in an African Country).

ya Rubango, Nyunda

Language Problems and Language Planning, v10 n3 p253-71 Fall 1986

Factors affecting the survival or decline of French in Zaire are examined, including its social, cultural, and political status, the history of other European languages established in Africa, and the influences of intercultural needs and ethnic identity on the continued use of French. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French, Indigenous Populations, Language Maintenance, Official Languages, Social Influences, Social Structure, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: French

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