A Language Maintenance Project in Malaysia: Efforts to use Chinese community languages in everyday life

Teresa Wai See Ong

doi:10.35903/teanga.v26i0.90

A Language Maintenance Project in Malaysia

Efforts to use Chinese community languages in everyday life

Authors

Teresa Wai See Ong Griffith University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v26i0.90

Keywords:

Chinese community languages, Malaysia, Language maintenance

Abstract

This project report focuses on the efforts made by three groups of participants to maintain the use of Chinese community languages in everyday life in Penang, Malaysia. The results suggest that the many efforts made by participants indicate that the Chinese community in Penang is keen to maintain their community languages to pass on to future generations.

Published

2019-11-29

How to Cite

Ong, T. W. S. (2019). A Language Maintenance Project in Malaysia: Efforts to use Chinese community languages in everyday life. TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 26, 107–115. https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v26i0.90