The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?

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Migration and Ethnic Themes, Vol. 17 No. 3, 2001.

Original scientific paper

The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?

Maya Khemlani David ; Faculty of Languages and Linguistics University of Malaya, Malaysia

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APA 6th Edition

David, M.K. (2001). The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?. Migracijske i etničke teme, 17 (3), 215-237. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145

MLA 8th Edition

David, Maya Khemlani. "The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?." Migracijske i etničke teme, vol. 17, no. 3, 2001, pp. 215-237. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145. Accessed 19 May 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

David, Maya Khemlani. "The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?." Migracijske i etničke teme 17, no. 3 (2001): 215-237. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145

Harvard

David, M.K. (2001). 'The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?', Migracijske i etničke teme, 17(3), pp. 215-237. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145 (Accessed 19 May 2024)

Vancouver

David MK. The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?. Migracijske i etničke teme [Internet]. 2001 [cited 2024 May 19];17(3):215-237. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145

IEEE

M.K. David, "The Sindhi Hindus of London − Language Maintenance or Language Shift?", Migracijske i etničke teme, vol.17, no. 3, pp. 215-237, 2001. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/125145. [Accessed: 19 May 2024]

Abstract

The linguistic situation of the Sindhi language in London is examined with a view to determining whether the community is maintaining the use of its ethnic language. The Sindhi Hindus of London are a language community, which have never been researched. The language choice of the community in different domains and for a range of language functions is discussed. Both external and internal factors of language shift have weakened the linguistic and communicative competence of Sindhi speakers in the language contact situation of the United Kingdom.

Keywords

language maintenance; language shift; language choice; London; Sindhis

Hrčak ID:

125145

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/125145

Publication date:

28.9.2001.

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