Learning local languages: Views of Some African Executives

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Abstract

The starting point of this research is the significant drop of the local languages speakers number in some south Africa countries and the will to show the importance of these languages in the buildind of this continent elites. In the sociolinguistic field, particulary in ivorian and beninese contexts and with quantitative and qualitative approach we have tried to answer these questions : what was the local languages role in the formation of these countries managers ? What is the situation of these languages learning nowadays ? What could motivate peoples to continuous their learning ? This investigation made with Ivorian and Beninese public (200 persons) allowed us to know, for exemple, that local languages, despite they important role in the elites formation, are relayed to the supporting role.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Not applicable

Data Availability

The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

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This work did not receive any external funding.

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    DDC Code: 372.6521 LCC Code: LB1528

  • Version of record

    v1.0

  • Issue date

    07 September 2022

  • Language

    English

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