Pride in ethnic language and numerical dominance: A case study of the Iban in Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lilly, Metom, Ting, Su Hie
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38441/3/Pride%20in%20ethnic.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38441/; https://easychair.org/cfp/2022JWLSpringConference
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Indigenous speech communities usually experience language shift because of their smaller population in relation to other ethnic groups, who may hold more political power and whose languages may have official language status. Past research has indicated that smaller groups tend to experience hastened...