Psychological Consequences of Mother-tongue Maintenance and the Language of Literacy for Linguistic Minorities in India

A number of studies comparing the cognitive, linguistic and academic performance and the sociolinguistic integration of bilingual and monolingual Kond tribals have been discussed to show that Kui-Oriya bilingualism, based on the maintenance of the indigenous Kui language, has positive consequences c...

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Published in:Psychology and developing societies 1990, Vol.2 (1), p.31-50
Main Author: Mohanty, Ajit K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
India
Kui language
Language
Linguistic minorities
Mother tongue
Oriya language
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Summary:A number of studies comparing the cognitive, linguistic and academic performance and the sociolinguistic integration of bilingual and monolingual Kond tribals have been discussed to show that Kui-Oriya bilingualism, based on the maintenance of the indigenous Kui language, has positive consequences compared to Oriya monolingualism, resulting from a shift of Kui. It has been shown that there are empirical and theoreti cal supports for the maintenance of minority mother-tongues and that this goal can be achieved by a language-shelter oriented, bilingual education of initial literacy in the mother-tongue, followed by instruction both in the mother-tongue and the majority language. The bilingual transfer model of tribal education has been shown to be inadequate as a language maintenance programme.
ISSN:0971-3336
0973-0761
DOI:10.1177/097133369000200104