Challenges of the implementation of language policies in southern Africa: what is the way forward?

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dc.contributor.authorKangira, Jairos
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-17T11:39:20Z
dc.date.available2020-01-17T11:39:20Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso journal, Volume 8 Number 2, Jan 2016, p. 156 –161en_US
dc.description.abstractAt the attainment of independence, most African governments adopted the colonisers’ foreign languages as official languages to be used in business, the judiciary, education, local government and parliament. Examples of foreign languages that have dominated local languages in Africa are English, French and Portuguese. This paper argues that indigenous languages in Southern Africa, which is the focus of the survey, have low variety status vis-à-vis foreign languages for a variety of reasons, the major being the challenges faced in the implementation of the language policies in these countries. While the survey found that there are language policies in the country studied, it can be concluded that having a language policy in place is not congruent to its implementation and its desired effects. The study recommends adopting the Tanzanian language policy model that formalised Swahili as a national language for all purposes. To all intents and purposes, the Swahili model has been a resounding success.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKangira, J., 2016. Challenges of the implementation of language policies in southern Africa: what is the way forward?. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(2), pp.156-161.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1901
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-64dec8950
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectlanguage policyen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Africaen_US
dc.titleChallenges of the implementation of language policies in southern Africa: what is the way forward?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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