A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa
by
Rajend Mesthrie
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Originally published in 1991. The transplantation of thousands of Indian workers to South Africa under indenture between 1860 and 1911 was a political act with far-reaching consequences for their linguistic traditions. In this book, the history of one of these Indic languages, Bhojpuri, and its adaptations...