Abstract
M.A. (African Languages)
This is a study based on language contact in Moutse. The manner in which people speak different
languages without any difficulty in understanding one another, called for this work. This work takes
Moutse as a pot where different languages are melted and the results of this melting are expected
thereof. Therefore the main purpose of this study is to see how languages come into contact in
Moutse.
The material collected during our research show that communication in Moutse is free and there are
no language barriers. Above all there is no language which is better rated than other languages, and
this is seen when people shift from language to language, when they mix and borrow.
Through this study we further noted the prominent role played by the seNtwane and Ndebele
languages as dominant languages and as languages that formed the greater percentage of the contents
of the pot. But still the other languages were not undermined or made inferior, thus they still form
part of the product of melting.