Pasifika Communities 1

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Community Languages
Pasifika Communities

What is a community language?
The Pasifika Communities in NZ
Their language status

Categories of Languages

English
Maori
LOTEM - Languages Other Than English & Maori

Waite, J. 1991. Aoteareo, p. 78

LOTEMS
Community Languages (NZSL/Others)
      a language used for all or part of a community’s activities -at home, at religious gathering, at community meetings, and sometimes at school (p. 51)
      
       a language that is spoken on a regular basis within a minority community (p. 77)

International Languages (Tiers)
       a language that has cultural and economic importance for New Zealand at an international level (including classical languages)

Labels

Change
    Negros…Blacks…Afro-Americans…Ebonics..Afro-Americans
    (Pacific) Islanders…Pacific Peoples…Pasifika Peoples

Pan-ethnic vs. In-group

Pasifika Peoples

Large scale immigration 1960s and 70s
Urban residents (Manukau City)
  1^st generation
  Generation 1A (children who immigrate)
  2^nd generation (NZ-born)
  3^rd generation (NZ-born to NZ born parents
Associated with churches

Pasifika Peoples

Language Shift

Rate of Language Shift
Age-grading
Language Central to Identity
     Fa’aSamoa, anga Fakatonga

Languages of Manukau
Pasifika respondents

21% always use their CL at home
44% (who go to church) always go to a service in the CL
52% (who go to church) always speak their community language on church premises
57% always use the CL at community events
53% always speak their CL in public

Figure: Languages of Manukau, 1996