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Indoubil: A Swahili hybrid in Bukavu (with comments on Indu Bill by K. Kabongo-Mianda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Didier L. Goyvaerts  and
Kalala Kabongo-Mianda
Didier L. Goyvaerts
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Antwerp, UIA, Department of Germanic Philology, University of Brussels, VUB
Kalala Kabongo-Mianda
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216
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Abstract

An attempt is made at defining the phenomenon of Indoubil. Its origin, use, and function are discussed. Indoubil, the language of Bukavu's [Zaire] younger generation, would seem to serve a number of purposes. It is argued that Indoubil functions not only as a means of identification for a particular age group but that in a variety of contexts it is also used to neutralize the illeffects of ethnicity. (Ethnicity, melting pot, lingua franca, Swahili)

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Language in Society , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 231 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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