Community Initiatives towards Language Renewal among Moluccan Migrants in the Netherlands
This paper addresses the issue of language endangerment among the languages of the Central Maluku region of eastern Indonesia and discusses aspirations for language renewal or language maintenance among the population of Moluccans which has grown from those who migrated to the Netherlands in the 195...
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Published in | Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance pp. 257 - 271 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Routledge
2002
Taylor & Francis Group |
Edition | 1 |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This paper addresses the issue of language endangerment among the languages of the Central Maluku region of eastern Indonesia and discusses aspirations for language renewal or language maintenance among the population of Moluccans which has grown from those who migrated to the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s. The linguistic situation in this community is very unusual because of the opportunities it provides to document and support in a migrant setting the retention of a substantial number of languages which are severely endangered in their homeland. |
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ISBN: | 9781138878341 1138878340 9780700714568 0700714561 |
DOI: | 10.4324/9781315028811-16 |