Language maintance and the preservation of ethanic identity: a case of Malay Muslims in Southern Thailand
Language is known to have an effect on ethnic identity in that language retention of a mother tongue acts as a stronger connector to the ethnic community for such persons as compared to those who do not retain the language. For cultural groups who hold knowledge of ethnic language as a core value, l...
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International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
2011
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