Language in Tanzania

445 Pages·1980·42.891 MB·

by  Edgar C. Polomé, C. P. Hill (eds.)

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Originally published in 1980, Language in Tanzania presents a comprehen-
sive overview of the Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching in
Eastern Africa. Using extensive research carried out by an interdisciplinary
group of international and local scholars, the survey also covers Ethiopia,
Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The book represents one of the most in-depth
sociolinguistic studies carried out on this region at this time. It provides basic
linguistic data necessary to policy-makers, administrators, and educators, and
will be of interest to those researching the formulation and execution of lan-
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LANGUAGE
IN
TANZANIA
Editors
Edgar C. Polomé
C. P. Hill
Foreword by N. A. Kuhanga, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Dar es Salaam
This study was partly subsidized by funds from
the Ford Foundation who also financed the Survey of
Language Use and Language Teaching in Eastern Africa.
Published for the
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE
by
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1980
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford ox2 6DP
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DEDICATION
To the memory of Julia J. Polomé, who gave so much of herself to the
survey.

CONTENTS
Foreword, by N. A. Kuhanga, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Dar es Salaam ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xii
PART 1: LANGUAGES OF TANZANIA
1 The Languages of Tanzania, by Edgar C. Polomé 3
2 The Bantu Languages of East Africa: a Lexicostatistical
Survey, by Derek Nurse and Gerard Philippson 26
3 The Nilotic Languages of Tanzania, by Christopher Ehret 68
4 Swahili in Tanzania, by Edgar C. Polomé 79
PART 2: LANGUAGE USE IN TANZANIA
5 Tanzania: A Socio-Linguistic Perspective, by Edgar C.
Polomé 103
6 The Ecology of Tanzanian National Language Policy, by
Mohamed H. Abdulaziz 139
7 Language Use among Ilala Residents, by H. D. Barton 176
8 Library Users and their Reading Preferences, by C. P. Hill 206
9 The Use of Language in the Law Courts in Tanzania, by
Douglas Kavugha and Donald Bobb 229
PART 3: LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
10 The Historical Background to National Education in
Tanzania, by John White 261
11 Language Teaching in Primary Schools, by Fulgens Mbunda
and David Brown 283
12 Language Teaching in Secondary Schools, by Fulgens
Mbunda, C. J. Brumfit, D. Constable and C. P. Hill 306
13 Language Teaching in Higher Education, by C. P. Hill, J. S.
W. Whitley, D. Constable and G. Mhina 341
14 Some Developments in Language and Education in
Tanzania since 1969, by C. P. Hill 362
References to Part 3: Language in Education 410
Index 421