Language in Indenture: A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa by Rajend Mesthrie

Language in Indenture: A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa

Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics

Rajend Mesthrie

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Originally published in 1991. The transplantation of thousands of Indian workers to South Africa under indenture between 1860 and 1911 was a political act with far-reaching consequences for their linguistic traditions. In this book, the history of...

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