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Publication details [#65359]

Ravyse, Natasha. 2018. Against All Odds: The Survival of Fanagalo in South African Mines. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 49 (1) : 3–24.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language maintenance | language planning | language policy | language preservation | official language

Language as a subject

Fanagalo

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study examines the position of language planning and policies targeting phasing out unofficial languages. In the South African mining industry context, Fanagalo has pursued to outlasted long-standing efforts to destroy its use via official language policy.