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Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa
South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted...
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| author | Saliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith |
| author2 | Motinyane, Mantoa Rose |
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| description | South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted and the country has even passed a language Act called the Use of Official Languages Act, 2012. The national Department of Education has also passed policies and Acts that enable indigenous languages to be made compulsory to all learners in all public schools in the foundation phase. Despite all these efforts, very little has been done to implement these policies. The aim of this study is to interrogate the role played by these language bodies in the implementation of the National Language Policies, particularly the development and empowerment of these previously marginalized languages. Using textual analysis, questionnaires and interviews, the study identified the bottlenecks in the system that hinder the development of these languages. Amongst the many obstructions that were uncovered, is the increased economic benefit associated with English and how this continues to undermine efforts to elevate the status of African languages. Further, this linguistic hegemony has created a situation where speakers of the nine indigenous African languages are denied access to social, economic and political developments of the country, a clear violation of language rights enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa. The study concludes by making recommendations on steps that can be taken to develop African languages in South Africa. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/33954 Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa Saliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith Motinyane, Mantoa Rose Languages and Literatures South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted and the country has even passed a language Act called the Use of Official Languages Act, 2012. The national Department of Education has also passed policies and Acts that enable indigenous languages to be made compulsory to all learners in all public schools in the foundation phase. Despite all these efforts, very little has been done to implement these policies. The aim of this study is to interrogate the role played by these language bodies in the implementation of the National Language Policies, particularly the development and empowerment of these previously marginalized languages. Using textual analysis, questionnaires and interviews, the study identified the bottlenecks in the system that hinder the development of these languages. Amongst the many obstructions that were uncovered, is the increased economic benefit associated with English and how this continues to undermine efforts to elevate the status of African languages. Further, this linguistic hegemony has created a situation where speakers of the nine indigenous African languages are denied access to social, economic and political developments of the country, a clear violation of language rights enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa. The study concludes by making recommendations on steps that can be taken to develop African languages in South Africa. 2021-09-16T10:52:41Z 2021-09-16T10:52:41Z 2021 2021-09-16T07:13:12Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954 eng application/pdf School of Languages and Literatures Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Languages and Literatures Saliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
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| title | Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
| title_full | Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
| title_short | Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa |
| title_sort | development and empowerment of previously marginalised languages a case of african languages in south africa |
| topic | Languages and Literatures |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954 |
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