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Language Shift in Northern Pakistan: The Case of Domaakí and Pashto

Language Shift in Northern Pakistan: The Case of Domaakí and Pashto <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of mother tongue change, which is known as the most common course of language death. The languages under consideration are Domaakí, with ca. 350 speakers in the Nager and Hunza Valleys, and Pashto, as spoken by permanent migrants in ca. 150 households scattered all over the Northern Areas. By analysing and comparing the social environment of both speech communities the author attempts to illustrate the importance of the speakers' attitude towards their own mother tongue in the process of language shift.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Iran and the Caucasus Brill

Language Shift in Northern Pakistan: The Case of Domaakí and Pashto

Iran and the Caucasus , Volume 14 (1): 43 – Jan 1, 2010

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1609-8498
eISSN
1573-384X
DOI
10.1163/157338410X12743419189342
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of mother tongue change, which is known as the most common course of language death. The languages under consideration are Domaakí, with ca. 350 speakers in the Nager and Hunza Valleys, and Pashto, as spoken by permanent migrants in ca. 150 households scattered all over the Northern Areas. By analysing and comparing the social environment of both speech communities the author attempts to illustrate the importance of the speakers' attitude towards their own mother tongue in the process of language shift.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Iran and the CaucasusBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: PASHTO; DOMAAKÍ; NORTHERN PAKISTAN; LANGUAGE SHIFT; LINGUISTIC MINORITY; ENDANGERED LANGUAGES; SOCIOLINGUISTICS

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