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Language shift

Language shift, also known as language transfer, language replacement or language assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language, usually over an extended period of time. Often, languages that are perceived to be of higher-status stabilize or spread at the expense of other languages that are perceived—even by their …

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related to Further reading · 35
Language shift → Albert, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS, Archaeology, Barcelona, Boada, California Press, Creolization, Cultural Transformation, DEFINITION OF THE FIELD, Edicions, FIELD OF INQUIRY, Fishman, From, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, Genetic Linguistics, ISBN, IV, Joshua, Kaufman, Language
related to Germany · 30
Language shift → Added, After, Angel Danish, As, But, Church, Copenhagen, Danish, Denmark, Eiderstedt Frisian, Flensburg, German, German-speaking Holsatian, German-speaking Holstein, High, High German, Historically, In, In Southern Schleswig, Low German
related to Lithuania · 29
Language shift → Belarus, Belarusian, Białystok, Due, German, Germanized, Grodno, In Lithuania Minor, In Northern Poland, January Uprising, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian, Middle Ages, November Uprising, Panevėžys, Polish, Prussian Lithuania, Punsk
related to China · 21
Language shift → At, Beijing, China, Chinese, Emperor, Emperors, Evenki, Han Chinese, Heilongjiang, Historically, Manchu, Manchu Eight Banners, Manchus, Mandarin, Mandarin-speaking Han Bannermen, Many, Qing, Standard Mandarin, Today, Tujia
related to Paraguay · 19
Language shift → Alfredo Stroessner, Americas, Amerindian, Code-switching, European, Francia, Guarani, Jopara, José Gaspar Rodríguez, Paraguay, Paraguayan, Paraguayan Guarani, Paraguayans, Populist, South America, Spanish, This, Tupi, Tupian
related to Belgium · 16
Language shift → Belgian, Belgium, Brussels, Dutch, Dutch-speaking, Flanders, Flemish, French, French Africa, French-speakers, From, Halfway, In, Now, Only, The
related to Austria · 15
Language shift → After, Austria, By, Carinthia, Carinthian Plebiscite, German, In, Nazis, Slovene, Slovene-speaking, The, These, Until, Villach-Klagenfurt-Diex, World War II
related to Hungary · 14
Language shift → Also, Cumans, Hungarian, Hungary, Jassic, Magyar, Magyarized, Magyars, Mongols, Ossetic, Slavonic, The, The Jassic, Uralic
related to history · 12
Language shift → Assimilation, British, For, Forster, Iceland, Renfrew, The, Then, They, Vikings, When, Y-chromosome
related to Singapore · 12
Language shift → After Singapore's, Among, Chinese, English, Malay, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporean Hokkien, There, Until

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language languages shift century use population spoken german french since speakers english italian local many chinese spanish education dialects also

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dialect levellinginstance ofThese factors lead to phenomena0.80text
koineizationinstance ofThese factors lead to phenomena0.80text
and/or language shift toward a dominant languageinstance ofThese factors lead to phenomena0.80text
Breton.CorsicaCorsican was long employed as a conglomerate of local vernaculars in combination with Italianinstance ofthe adoption of the constitutional reform which would have given value and legitimacy to regional languages0.80text
the official language in Corsica until 1859instance ofthe adoption of the constitutional reform which would have given value and legitimacy to regional languages0.80text
the Angel Danishinstance ofNative dialects0.80text
Eiderstedt Frisian vanishedinstance ofNative dialects0.80text
Yiddishinstance offrom Jewish languages0.80text
Ladinoinstance offrom Jewish languages0.80text
various dialects of Judeo-Arabic to Modern Hebrew.ItalyThe Italian Peninsulainstance offrom Jewish languages0.80text
the Po river basininstance offrom Jewish languages0.80text
the nearby islands are home to various languagesinstance offrom Jewish languages0.80text

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