Projektnummer

0052501

Zusammenfassung

The =Akhoe Hai//om speech community is under great linguistic and cultural pressure arising from the rapid social change which continues to marginalize the speakers and discourages them from using their language. The overall number of speakers is approximately 600 speakers. While a low number of speakers is not necessarily an indicator of language endangerment, it is so in the Northern Namibian context where medical treatment is scarce, and malnourishment and diseases such as HIV/AIDS are rampant. =Akhoe Hai//om speakers suffer from the fact that their language is looked down upon as a...