Publications

Publication details [#28869]

Mekacha, Rugatiri D. K. 1993. Is Tanzania diglossic? The status and role of ethnic community languages. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 14 (4) : 307–320.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

diglossia | language policy | language status | language use | minority language

Language as a subject

Kiswahili | Languages, Tanzanian

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses Tanzanian language policy and the relationship between Kiswahili and ethnic community languages, which is considered as non-diglossic.