The Position of Bono Dialect in Presumable Future in Atebubu Municipality in Ghana
Keywords:
Bono language, language, TwiAbstract
This paper is a study into the position of Bono language in Atebubu community. The purpose was to find out the domains in which Bono dialect is used and also based on it to identify the phase in which the language can be placed, as far as the marked bilingualism model is concerned. Data collected for this study were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The results proved that mostly the youth, aged between eighteen and forty-five and children between the ages of eleven and seventeen do not speak the language in various domains. This is because they see more prestige in speaking Asante Twi than Bono which is their local dialect. The theoretical framework used for the analysis was the causality theory. Finally, based on the findings, it was identified that Bono dialect can be placed in phase three of the five phases that show the extinction processes and based on this, it was declared that the Bono dialect is gradually being abandoned in favour of Asante Twi.
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