SOCIOLOLINGUISTIC SURVEYS - Centre for Language Studies
SOCIOLOLINGUISTIC SURVEYS - Centre for Language Studies
SOCIOLOLINGUISTIC SURVEYS - Centre for Language Studies
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Chilomwe<br />
Chisena<br />
Chinkhonde<br />
English<br />
0.9<br />
0.9<br />
0.8<br />
0.8<br />
Table 7 shows that Chiyao (54.1%) was most preferred language <strong>for</strong> the respondents.<br />
This was followed by Chichewa (36.7%), and Chitumbuka (3.8%), Chisena (0.9%),<br />
Chinkhonde (0.9%) and English (0.8%) were least preferred. It would appear that<br />
English is among the least preferred languages because most of the respondents in the<br />
survey have low primary education.<br />
Respondents were also asked what language should agricultural extension workers use,<br />
the results are shown in Table 8 below:<br />
TABLE 8:<br />
LANGUAGE TO BE USED BY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION<br />
WORKERS<br />
LANGUAGE<br />
% OF RESPONDENTS<br />
Chichewa<br />
Chiyao<br />
English<br />
Chisena<br />
Chitumbuka<br />
Chilomwe<br />
Chinkhonde<br />
Chitonga<br />
Depending on area<br />
50.5<br />
46.2<br />
1.5<br />
0.2<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
1.1<br />
The results in Table 8 show that Chichewa (50.5%) is the prefered language <strong>for</strong> extension<br />
workers. This was followed by Chiyao (46.2%). The other languages were least<br />
preferred.<br />
Respondents were further asked a corollary question to indicate the language they would<br />
want health workers to use, and their responses resulted in the following pattern:<br />
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