The Afrikaans-Argentine community represents an unparalleled context that allows us to study how language becomes interwoven with cultural identity.
The Afrikaans-Argentine community represents an unparalleled context that allows us to study how language becomes interwoven with cultural identity. Our collaborative research allows for a deeper understanding of communities in exile than could be achieved by any one scholar working in isolation. At the same time, the shift from Afrikaans to Spanish is advancing so rapidly in Patagonia that the oldest generation represents the last group of fluent Afrikaans-Spanish bilingual speakers in the world. We are studying a highly-endangered language variety.
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