Publications

Publication details [#57628]

Ting, Su-Hie and Teck-Yee Ling. 2013. Language use and sustainability status of indigenous languages in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 34 (1) : 77–93.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnolinguistics | language maintenance | language status | language use | language vitality

Language as a subject

Malay

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study explores the stability status of Sarawak indigenous languages via a survey on adolescents’ language use drawing on the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS). The demographic features that portend stable use of the ethnic language are ethnic group vitality, rural location and lower socio-economic status.