Publications

Publication details [#41413]

Lopes, Armando Jorge. 2001. Language Revitalisation and Reversal in Mozambique: The Case of Xironga in Maputo. Current Issues in Language Planning 2 (2) : 259–267.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language maintenance | language planning | language revival | language status | language use

Language as a subject

Xironga

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article discusses language planning efforts to revitalize Xironga, a Bantu language, spoken in the southern region, and in particular in Maputo City, Mozambique's capital.