2024-03-28T11:27:38Z
http://193.30.112.23:9180/repository/oai
oai:dipp.nrw.de:dipp:181
2017-03-27T07:05:12Z
ddc:490
doc-type:text
journal:afrikanistikonline
pub-type:article
Language attitudes and language shift among ethnic migrants in Khartoum
Sociolinguistics
Mugaddam, Abdel Rahim Hamid
sociolinguistics
language-shift
language-maintenance
bk: Arabic
This paper investigates language attitudes among ethnic migrant groups in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan. A questionnaire was used to collect data on language preference, language parents prefer their children to learn, and reasons for language preference. Results suggest that while positive attitude played a significant role in learning Arabic among some of the groups under investigation, it proved to be of no help in maintaining the groups’ ethnic languages. Arabic was reported as very important for education, religious activities, economic privileges and social interaction. Ethnic languages, on the other hand, were preferred for purely symbolic reasons (symbolizing groups’ ethnic identity).
2005-07-25
2005-08-25
urn:nbn:de:0009-10-1814
http://www.afrikanistik-online.de/archiv/2005/181
Afrikanistik online ; 2 , 2
eng
DPPL