Language maintenance and shift among amaBhaca of Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal
Umzimkhulu, previously Transkei, is a small KwaZulu-Natal town.AmaBhaca Umzimkhulu residents speak isiBhaca, a dialect of isiXhosa that is mutually intelligible with isiZulu and siSwati.IsiBhaca is not official in South Africa.Most Umzimkhulu residents are amaBhaca, although education, health, religious, and government institutions use isiZulu and