Language, identities and ideologies : a new era for Sudan

Catherine Miller (1)

1 IREMAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans

This paper analyses the spread of Arabic in Sudan based on the Population Censuses of 1956 and 1993 and a number of language surveys. It questions the impact of language shift on self-claimed ethnic affiliation and shows that in Sudan there is now a huge gap between language and ethnicity, which raises the issue of future language policies

Mots clés: Sudan; language policies; language change; identity; ethnicity

Domaines: Linguistique

Catherine Miller. Language, identities and ideologies : a new era for Sudan. 7th International Sudan Studies Conference, 2006, Bergen, Norway. no pagination. ⟨halshs-00150438⟩