Concerning Language, 2004
Publisher: Statistics New Zealand
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9780478269598
Subjects: Alphabet; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
Description: Concerning Language examines the ability of selected ethnic groups to speak their 'first' languages. Focusing on ethnic groups with an established New Zealand resident population, the report seeks to inform public discussion on language retention issues and make statistical information on this topic more readily available to interested groups. The report ... examines language retention across 15 selected ethnic groups. For comparative purposes, the individual groups have been combined as Pacific peoples, Asian and European. The ethnic groups examined in this report include Pacific peoples: Samoan, Cook Island Maori, Tongan, Tokelauan, Niuean, Fijian (excluding Fiji India/Indo-Fijian); Asian: Indian, Chinese, Khmer / Kampuchean / Cambodian, Vietnamese, Korean; European: Dutch / Netherlands, Greek (including Greek Cypriot), Croat / Croatian, Italian.