Reclaiming indigenous languages for posterity

OUTPUT TYPE: Policy briefs
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Yu
KEYWORDS: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7235
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3445
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3445

Download this report

If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.

Abstract

Two pieces of legislation and one policy framework inform the language policy in South Africa: Constitution of South Africa (1996); SA Languages Bill (2000); National Language Policy Framework (2003). All provide visions for a multilingual landscape in post-apartheid South Africa and aim at promoting and advancing linguistic and cultural diversity, because indigenous languages are closely tied to the richness of human diversity and indigenous knowledge (Tuhus-Dubrow 2002).

The Human Sciences Research Council

Contact Us

134 Pretorius Street
Pretoria
South Africa 
0002

Tel: +27 (0)12 302 2000
Fax: +27 (0)12 302 2001

© 2024 The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). All rights reserved.