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  • Language Family: Gur
  • Topic #1: Sociolinguistics
  • Topic #2: Sociolinguistics
A sociolinguistic survey of language contact in Togo: A case study of Kabiye and A sociolinguistic survey of language contact in Togo: A case study of Kabiye and Ewe

This paper examines the sociolinguistic aspects of contact between two languages of Niger-Congo, Kabiye and Ewe in everyday communication in the Kabiye speech community. Before and in the early days of Kabiye contact with Ewe, Kabiye was spoken by almost all members of the Kabiye community. But in recent years, this trend has changed. In the present Kabiye speech community, younger speakers often use Kabiye and Ewe, employing bilingualism (Weinreich 1974, Romaine 1995) with code-switching (Myers-Scotton 1993b). Thus, there is a significant decrease in the daily use of the mother tongue and a significant increase in the daily use of Ewe by younger speakers of Kabiye, particularly in the southern part of Togo.
My investigation, a sociolinguistic analysis of contact between Kabiye and Ewe, seeks to determine the social and linguistic factors (e.g. prestige, pressure, wider communication) that constrain language usage in the Kabiye community. I argue that Kabiye speakers’ use of Ewe in everyday communication is a reflection of the historical and present socioeconomic status of Ewe in the ‘market place” (Calvet 1992), not only in Togo, but in the neighboring countries as well. In doing so, I hope to present data from a less examined language phenomenon.
Cette étude examine l’aspect sociolinguistique de contact entre deux langues, le kabiyè et l’ewe, dans la communication quotidienne au sein de la communauté kabiyè. Les deux parlers appartiennent à deux sous-groupes distincts de la famille Niger-Congo. Avant et au début du contact entre ces deux langues, presque tous les membres de la communauté kabiyè en parlait la langue. Mais récemment, les choses ont changé. Dans la communauté kabiyè d’aujourd’hui, les jeunes générations font usage du bilinguisme (Weinreich 1974, Romaine 1995) et de l’alternance entre les langues (le 'code-switching' (Myers-Scotton 1993b), avec un mélange du kabiyè et de l’ewe pour leur intercommunication. Ainsi, au quotidien, on remarque chez les jeunes kabiyè, une baisse énorme de l’utilisation de la langue maternelle, et une utilisation croissante de l’ewe, surtout dans le sud du Togo.
Mon étude, qui est une analyse sociolinguistique du contact entre les Kabiyè et les Ewe, cherche à déterminer les facteurs socio-linguistiques (par exemple, le prestige, la pression, le désir de communication plus large) qui limitent l’usage de la langue dans la communauté kabiyè. Je maintiens que l’usage quotidien de l’ewe par les Kabiyè reflète le statut socio-économique historique de cette langue dans ‘la place du marché” (Calvet 1992), non seulement au Togo, mais aussi dans les pays voisins. Je souhaite, par cet article, presenter des données de phénomènes de langue les moins étudiés.

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Author Komlan E. Essizewa
Created by Hasiyatu Abubakari
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