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Mesthrie, Rajend. 1992. Language in indenture: A sociolinguistic history of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa. Routledge. xvii + 325 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

This volume which deals with a group of Indic languages and dialects, transplanted to South Africa (Natal) during the period of indenture (1860-1911), focuses on the Bhojpuri dialect, discussed within the overall South African linguistic situation, and on the events leading to its current obsolescence.

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