A Language Maintenance Project in Malaysia
Efforts to use Chinese community languages in everyday life
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v26i0.90Keywords:
Chinese community languages, Malaysia, Language maintenanceAbstract
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.
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2019-11-29
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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
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