Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia
This paper discusses the status of Kristang, a creole among the Portuguese Eurasians of Malaysia. The study focuses on members of the Portuguese Eurasian community who live in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca. To determine whether community members are maintaining Kristang, a 47-item questionnai...
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| author | Maya Khemlani David Noor Faridah |
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| description | This paper discusses the status of Kristang, a creole among the Portuguese Eurasians of Malaysia. The study focuses on members of the Portuguese Eurasian community who live in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca. To determine whether community members are maintaining Kristang, a 47-item questionnaire was given to 62 of the 120 homes in the Settlement. To ascertain the future of Kristang, language choice and use between older and younger community members is compared. Over 70% of the respondents indicated Kristang as their mother tongue, although the younger members of the community had a more diverse range of languages which they considered as their mother tongue. Code mixing is prevalent in the speech of younger community members. The use of Kristang is dominant in older age groups and English in the younger ones. The author concludes that it is inevitable that language shift for the Portuguese community will take place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d7f38e541cb41abb7aca80f3136c6662024-03-03T04:12:05ZengInstitute for Migration and Ethnic StudiesMigracijske i etničke teme1333-25461848-91841999-12-01154465481Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in MalaysiaMaya Khemlani David0Noor Faridah1Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, MalaysiaFaculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, MalaysiaThis paper discusses the status of Kristang, a creole among the Portuguese Eurasians of Malaysia. The study focuses on members of the Portuguese Eurasian community who live in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca. To determine whether community members are maintaining Kristang, a 47-item questionnaire was given to 62 of the 120 homes in the Settlement. To ascertain the future of Kristang, language choice and use between older and younger community members is compared. Over 70% of the respondents indicated Kristang as their mother tongue, although the younger members of the community had a more diverse range of languages which they considered as their mother tongue. Code mixing is prevalent in the speech of younger community members. The use of Kristang is dominant in older age groups and English in the younger ones. The author concludes that it is inevitable that language shift for the Portuguese community will take place.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/161278MalaccaPortugueseKristanglanguage maintenanceEnglish |
| spellingShingle | Maya Khemlani David Noor Faridah Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia Migracijske i etničke teme Malacca Portuguese Kristang language maintenance English |
| title | Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia |
| title_full | Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia |
| title_short | Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia |
| title_sort | language maintenance or language shift in the portuguese settlement of malacca in malaysia |
| topic | Malacca Portuguese Kristang language maintenance English |
| url | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/161278 |
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