The need for language policy inclusive for multilingualism in Mozambique

• Autor(a) principal: de Paula, Maria Helena
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Quiraque, Zacarias Alberto Sozinho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Domínios de Lingu@gem
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/dominiosdelinguagem/article/view/34575
• topic: Política linguística; Multiculturas; Línguas moçambicanas; Language policy; Multicultures; Mozambican languages

In societies with freedom, the human ability to use the different ways of their mother language as different strategies for interaction is an unquestionable given. However, in other types of society, such as Mozambique, this right is limited only to some groups (dominant) and sealed to another group (dominated) (NGUNGA, 2009). This paper aims to describe the route of language policies and planning in Mozambique in the periods before and after independence, demonstrating the importance of inclusive language policies that respect the mother language and cultures of the population. To materialize this objective, we used a research of bibliographic review, in printed and digital documents which discuss about the concepts of policies and language planning and its importance in the education of a particular country. We conclude in this paper that for an inclusive language policy it is necessary to value the mother language and the culture of the society in study, either Portuguese or Bantu languages beginning with the fundamental documents of the country as for example, the Constitution of the Republic, defining laws with a language policy that values both languages spoken by the minority, as those spoken by the majority in one country.