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Rosendal, Tove; Mapunda, Gastor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Tanzania's post-independence language policy has promoted Swahili as a means of achieving national and linguistic unity. This policy has affected the Ngoni language in south-western Tanzania. Today, Swahili has permeated communication all over Tanzania, even in rural and remote areas. This paper discusses lexical borrowing and especially borrowing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance