French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages

Pascal Singy; Fabrice Rouiller

French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages
The Case of Nigeriens
Suivre cet auteur Pascal Singy, Suivre cet auteur Fabrice Rouiller
In Cahiers d’études africaines Volume 163-164, Issue 3, July 2001, pages 649 to 666

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The French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages: The Case of Nigeriens. In the area of perceptions, this paper attempts to bring to light some features of the linguistic landscape of the Niger Republic, characterized by a situation of vehicular diglossia contrasting "high" variety French with "low" Hausa and Zarma varieties. From an inquiry based on a sample of more than 3,800 individuals, all of whom belong to one of the five major linguistic communities, indicators were selected in order to understand the Nigeriens' linguistic image of French, the only official language, next to several local languages whose importance varies greatly. Officially a French-speaking country and not frequently studied by specialists, Niger finds here one of the first general reports on its national sociolinguistic reality.

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Niger
vehicular diglossy
French
French-speaking area
declared practises
representations

Pascal Singy

Fabrice ROUILLER

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ISO 690		Copy SINGY Pascal, ROUILLER Fabrice, « Les francophones face à leur langue. Le cas des Nigériens », Cahiers d'études africaines, 2001/3-4 (n° 163-164), p. 649-666. DOI : 10.4000/etudesafricaines.114. URL : https://preprod.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-etudes-africaines-2001-3-page-649.htm
ISO 690		Copy SINGY Pascal, ROUILLER Fabrice, "French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages. The Case of Nigeriens", Cahiers d’études africaines, 2001/3 (No 163-164), p. 649-666. DOI: 10.4000/etudesafricaines.114. URL: https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal-cahiers-d-etudes-africaines-2001-3-page-649.htm
MLA		Copy Singy, Pascal, et Fabrice Rouiller. « Les francophones face à leur langue. Le cas des Nigériens », Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 163-164, no. 3-4, 2001, pp. 649-666.
MLA		Copy Singy, Pascal, et Fabrice Rouiller. "French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages. The Case of Nigeriens", Cahiers d’études africaines, vol. 163-164, no. 3, 2001, pp. 649-666.
APA		Copy Singy, P. & Rouiller, F. (2001). Les francophones face à leur langue: Le cas des Nigériens. Cahiers d'études africaines, 163-164, 649-666. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesafricaines.114
APA		Copy Singy, P. & Rouiller, F. (2001). French-Speaking Peoples and Their Languages: The Case of Nigeriens. Cahiers d’études africaines, 163-164, 649-666. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesafricaines.114
DOI		Copy https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesafricaines.114

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