Tropical tongues : language ideologies, endangerment, and minority languages in Belize /

"In the period following the country's independence in 1981, Kriol has risen to the level of a national language. While the prestige enjoyed by English and Spanish is indisputable, a range of historical and socio-economic developments has given Kriol an elevated status in the coastal distr...

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Main Authors:	Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina (Author), Salmon, William (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [2018]
Series:	Studies in Latin America.
Subjects:	Languages in contact > Belize. Belize > Languages. Creole dialects, English > Belize. Mopan dialect > Belize. Garifuna language > Belize. Creole dialects, English. Garifuna language. Language and languages. Languages in contact. Mopan dialect. Belize.