TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schlaak, Claudia
T1  - Island language policy and regional identity east of Africa
N2  - Since 2011 the Comorian Island of Mayotte has been France’s 101st département, thereby becoming part of the European Union. As a result, France has consolidated and strengthened its strategic position in the Indian Ocean. With the change of political status in 2011, new developments have occurred in Mayotte. It is still unclear whether the expected economic boom, extensive social benefits or injection of EU regional funds can help to alleviate poverty and raise living standards. There is concern, however, that massive immigration to Mayotte from the surrounding territories is diminishing any progress and will continue to do so. Not only France but also the EU will have to adapt to new immigration problems due to this new external border. In this situation one thing is clear: the language contact between French and the local languages, which is the result of political developments, is leading to new dynamics. The diglossic situation east of Africa, between French as the dominant language and local languages like Shimaoré or Shibushi spoken in Mayotte will become more marked in the next few years.
KW  - Sprachpolitik
KW  - regionale Identität
KW  - Frankophonie
KW  - Diglossie
KW  - Sprachkontakt
KW  - language policy
KW  - regional identity
KW  - Francophonie
KW  - diglossia
KW  - language contact
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63132
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -