Traversing the Sociolinguistic: The Status of Languages Spoken in Southern and Southeast Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.author	Madlome, Khesani Steyn
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-18T13:46:15Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-18T13:46:15Z
dc.date.issued	2018-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/245
dc.description.abstract	This paper seeks to analyse the status of languages spoken in Zimbabwe, mainly on languages such as Xitsonga, Tshivenda and Pfumbi via a comparative analysis in relation to languages which were traditionally declared as national and official languages namely English, Shona and Ndebele. The Constitution of Zimbabwe supports the promotion and equality of all indigenous languages; however, there seems to be some discrepancies in the usage of English, Shona and Ndebele. Thus, this work found that the speakers of the languages in the peripheries of the nation have contributed to this phenomenon.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies,	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	;no.3, October 2018
dc.subject	Sociolinguistics	en_US
dc.subject	Landscape	en_US
dc.subject	Status	en_US
dc.subject	Language	en_US
dc.subject	Language attitudues	en_US
dc.subject	Ideology	en_US
dc.title	Traversing the Sociolinguistic: The Status of Languages Spoken in Southern and Southeast Zimbabwe	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US