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Publication details [#13745]

Wilkes, Arnet. 1995. The black languages. In Webb, Victor N., ed. Language in South Africa. An input into language planning for a post-apartheid South Africa. University of Pretoria. pp. 91–95.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical linguistics | language planning | language status | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Nguni | Sotho | Tsonga | Venda

Annotation

This paper provides a short historical and sociolinguistic sketch of the black South African languages.