Publications

Publication details [#48892]

Makoni, Sinfree, Busi Makoni and Nicholus Nyika. 2008. Language Planning From Below: The Case of the Tonga in Zimbabwe. Current Issues in Language Planning 9 (4) : 413–439.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language of instruction | language planning | minority language

Language as a subject

Tongan

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper provides evidence of succesful Tonga bottom-up language planning, leading to the promotion and development of the Zimbabwan Tonga minority language as language of instruction in all Tonga-speaking regions.