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Publication details [#34295]

Fakuade, Gbenga, Matudi Gambo and Abdullahi Bashir. 2003. Language Shift from Mother Tongues towards Fulfulde in Adamawa State, Nigeria: Causes and Consequences. Anthropological Linguistics 45 (3) : 296–325.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | code-switching | ethnicity | language shift | sociolinguistics

Place, Publisher

Indiana University

ISBN

0003-5483

Annotation

This paper discusses the language shift from mother tongues towards Fulfulde in the Girei, Song, and Gombi Local Government Areas of the Nigerian Adamawa State, as well as its sociolinguistic implications.