Detail Language Revitalisation and Reversal in Mozambique: The Case of Xironga in Maputo   Oleh:  Lopes, Armando Jorge Jenis: Article from Journal Dalam koleksi: Current Issues in Language Planning vol. 2 no. 3 (2001), page 259-267. Fulltext: Vol. 2, Nos 2&3, 2001, 259-267.pdf (125.62KB) Isi artikel Language revitalisationand language reversal are two important operations of language revival as a language-planning goal. This paper looks at revitalisation efforts regarding Xironga, a Bantu language spoken by 600,000people (2.8% of the country’s total population) in the southernregion, andespeciallyinMaputoCity, the capitalofMozambique.An increasingawarenessof the potential threat toXironga has led to a fewrevitalisationinitiatives in the past decade, thus beginning the reversal of the cross-generational shift trend from Xironga monolingualism or Xironga bilingualism (together with Portuguese, the official language) to Portuguese monolingualism. This paper equally looks at circumstancesinwhichXironga has recentlybegun tobe usedmore prominently, especiallyas a legal working language by theMaputo Municipal Council Assembly authorities. Implicationsfor language-planning theorywithin amaintenance-orientedframework arealso presented. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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