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Publication details [#51924]

Aswegen, Kobus van. 2008. The maintenance of Maale in Ethiopia. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 39 (1) : 29–48.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language maintenance | minority language | nationalism | social network

Language as a subject

Maale

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper argues that the following social factors account for Maale minority language maintenance in Ethiopia: a strong sense of Maale nationalism, political organisation, an attitude of cultural superiority, resistance to Amharisation, social networks and immigration and emigration patterns.