Language choice of Malaysian Tamil students in Facebook: a case study in a Malaysian university

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Language choice of Malaysian Tamil students in Facebook: a case study in a Malaysian university

Language is a powerful identity of an ethnic group. It is with difficulty that a minority group maintains its mother tongue in a multilingual society, particularly so when other languages such as Malay, English and Chinese have economic advantages over Tamil. Even though in Malaysia Tamil language i...

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Main Authors:	Sinayah, Malarvizhi, Perumal, Thanalachime, Maruthai, Elanttamil, Muthusamy, Paramasivam, Muniandy, Ponniamah, Muniandy, Rajantheran
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2017
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58333/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58333/1/26%20JSSH-1710-2016-4thProof.pdf

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