| Title: | Multilingvismul şi riscul reproducerii lingvistice în ceea ce priveşte populaţia maghiară din Transilvania |
| Author: | István Horváth |
| Publication: | Limbă, identitate, multilingvism şi politici educaţionale, p. 11 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-92223-7-9 |
| Editors: | Horváth István, Tódor Erika Mária |
| Publisher: | Editura Institutului pentru Studierea Problemelor Minorităţilor Naţionale |
| Place: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Abstract: | [Multilingualism and the Risks of Language Shift: the Case of the Ethnic Hungarians of Transylvania] The article is based on a large scale representative survey among the Hungarian speaking population of one of Romania’s ethnically mixed region Transylvania. The first part is an analysis of the relation between linguistic (cultural) and identity (ethno-national reproduction). As in Transylvania there are considerable linguistic border areas, in the second part the Hungarian language knowledge of those assuming Romanian or Gypsy ethno-national identity is analyzed. In the third part an attempt to assess the share of those ethnic Hungarians who are at the risk to transmit the knowledge of the Hungarian language for their offspring. Those categories where considered at risk that themselves do not speak very well Hungarian, in the private environment the Romanian language tend to be the dominant language, they have strong options for offering for their kids Romanian language instruction. The author conclude among those Hungarian speaking adults that assumed Hungarian ethnic affiliation 7-9% are at risk to offer a weak socialization in Hungarian language within the family, hampering the chances of intergenerational linguistic reproduction. However there are considerable non-Hungarian segments of the Transylvanian society (Roma or persons with ethnically mixed background assuming a Romanian ethno-national affiliation) that might offer an adequate linguistic environment for their kids being able to acquire Hungarian language. |
| Language: | Romanian |
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