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Sociolinguistic and linguistic aspects of borrowing in Yilumbu

Published in: South African Journal of African Languages
Volume 22 , issue 1, pages: 41–58

DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2002.10587497

Author(s): Paul, Achille MavoungouDepartment of Afrikaans and Dutch, Republic of South Africa,

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Abstract

The paper explores sociolinguistic and linguistic aspects of borrowing in Yilumbu. Yilumbu has recorded the arrival of new words mostly from the following languages: Portuguese, French and English. From a phonological point of view, the Yilumbu system displays a set of assimilated and not completely assimilated loanwords.

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