Language shift
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Language shift, sometimes referred to as language transfer or language replacement or assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language. Often, languages perceived to be "higher status" stabilise or spread at the expense of other languages perceived by their own speakers to be "lower-status".
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See also
- Second language
- Extinct language
- Endangered language
- Linguicide
- Germanic substrate hypothesis
- World Englishes
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