National language planning & language shifts in Malaysian minority communities : : speaking in many tongues / / edited by Dipika Mukherjee and Maya Khemlani David.

• Superior document: IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 5.
• Author: International Institute for Asian Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Mukherjee, Dipika, 1965-; David, Maya Khemlani,; International Institute for Asian Studies.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (206 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Malaysia has long been a melting pot of various cultures and ethnicities, including the three largest populations, the Malay, Chinese, and Indians. Despite this, efforts to implement multilingualism, advocated by language educators and policy makers, have been marred by political and religious affil...