Language maintenance and shift among amaBhaca of Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal.
Umzimkhulu, previously Transkei, is a small KwaZulu-Natal town. AmaBhaca Umzimkhulu residents speak isiBhaca, a dialect of isiXhosa that is mutually intelligible with isiZulu and siSwati. IsiBhaca is not official in South Africa. Most Umzimkhulu residents are amaBhaca, although education, health, re...
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=174969368&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 174969368 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02582279 G1C jtl: Literator issn: 02582279 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 44 iid: 1 pid: 56831 pub: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD artinfo: ui: 174969368 10.4102/lit.v44i1.1927 ppf: 1 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 951KB tig: atl: Language maintenance and shift among amaBhaca of Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal. aug: au: Majola, Yanga L.P. Gumede, Zempilo S. Mbatha, Nontobeko T. affil: Department of Applied Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Tshwane University of Technology, Mbombela, South Africa School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Durban University of Technology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Department of Applied Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa su: Language maintenance Xhosa language Language revival Dialects KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) sug: subj: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) Language maintenance Xhosa language Language revival Dialects keyword: dialectology identity and culture isiBhaca Language language maintenance and shift standardisation ab: Umzimkhulu, previously Transkei, is a small KwaZulu-Natal town. AmaBhaca Umzimkhulu residents speak isiBhaca, a dialect of isiXhosa that is mutually intelligible with isiZulu and siSwati. IsiBhaca is not official in South Africa. Most Umzimkhulu residents are amaBhaca, although education, health, religious, and government institutions use isiZulu and isiXhosa. This article investigated Umzimkhulu amaBhaca language maintenance and shift. The possibility of maintaining isiBhaca or shifting to isiZulu or isiXhosa is examined. The article used a mixed-methods approach, and data were acquired from purposively selected participants who have been classified as isiBhaca speakers born and raised in Umzimkhulu. The findings showed that isiBhaca is closer to isiZulu than isiXhosa, despite being designated a dialect of isiXhosa. The 2006 categorization of Umzimkhulu under KZN caused this trend toward isiZulu. This article showed that the amaBhaca are abandoning their language since they must use dominant/standard languages as the official language. Thus, they had to prioritise knowledge of the two over L1 to survive. It was demonstrated that many value isiBhaca and want it promoted. Others prefer dominant languages like isiXhosa or isiZulu and are unconcerned about the extinction of isiBhaca. Contribution: This research shows the importance of the revitalisation and preservation of minority languages and non-standard languages such as isiBhaca. This study is expected to impact sociolinguistics significantly in Southern Africa and other places with diverse languages and dialects. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Literator is the property of African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Literator holder: African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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