MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF KHMER-VIETNAMESE BILINGUALISM IN MEKONG DELTA (VIETNAM)
Abstract
Based on the author’s sesearch results and other references on Khmer-Vietnamese bilingualism, the paper outlines 8 main characteristics of individual and societal bilingual circumstances of Khmer community in Mekong Delta (Vietnam). Those characteristics would be served as the same time as suggestions for education and language policies for the related minority groups, and as documents for comparative researches of other miniroty groups in Vietnam in perspective of language contact.