Towards Understanding Language Death: The Case Of Dead And Non-Used Nandi Anthroponyms

Towards Understanding Language Death: The Case Of Dead And Non-Used Nandi Anthroponyms Susan Chebet Choge, 2010   This paper discusses the dead and non-used Nandi anthroponyms with the aim of highlighting the factors behind their disappearance, non use or declining usage. Although traditionally the Nandi naming system is elaborate and spans a person’s lifetime, present naming practices show that various types of anthroponym have low usage and others are no longer used. Since the Nandi...

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