Multilingualism in China
Subtitle: The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages, 1949-2002 (Contributions to the Society of Language, 89)
Contributors: Joshua A. Fishman (Editor)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9783110178968
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Government policy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; China; Linguistic minorities; General; Multilingualism
First sentence: The People's Republic of China (PRC or China) is well known for its huge population, nearly 1.3 billion and still counting (2000 census).