Community Desire and Potential for Language Development among the Runga Community of Chad
Keywords:
: Orthography development, vernacular education, stable multilingualismAbstract
This paper examines the sociolinguistic situation of the Runga people group in Chad and the
potential for language development in the vernacular language. Sociolinguistic situation
refers to how elements such as region, class, or other languages affect the use of Runga.
Language development refers to activities such as creating an orthography, reading materials,
and incorporating the language into education or other activities to promote its use. This
paper affirms the importance of vernacular language development as well as showing that
Runga is still a vital language used by many of the members of the community. Based on a
survey conducted by the author during her master’s research, the expressed desires and
opinions of the Runga community are considered and used to come to conclusions about the
viability of language development, specifically that orthography development is desired by
the community, as well as incorporating Runga into the educational system. The state of
literacy and education in the Runga community is considered, as well as examples of other
language development projects among other vernacular languages in Chad that have met with
success, such as among the Daza people.
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