ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on linguistic abilities and patterns of language use of Asian residents of Zambia. It explains a review of the literature on the subject by a short descriptive account of Zambian Asians and an outline of the research design and methodology. The chapter describes language use to factors like age, sex, rural-urban domicile. It examines the contextual settings of language use by Zambian Asians and their standards of proficiency in different languages. The chapter provides an analysis of the nature and extent of linguistic enforcement which results from the development of the technology of communication. The level of education and the medium through which instruction is given understandably influence the linguistic ability of the Zambian Asian. The higher the educational level, the greater is the use of English both as a medium of instruction and as a language in which text books and recommended reading matter are written and the greater the proficiency in English.
