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Multilingualism

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When more than two languages are involved.

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Language shift

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When a language community changes what language they use.

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Language loss

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When a language is gradually used less and shows signs of decline.

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Language erosion

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When the process of language loss carries on over a few generations.

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Language death

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When no one speaks a specify language any longer.

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Language preservation

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When a community tries to save an eroding language.

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Language policy

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The sum total of ideas, plans and measures taken by the government with respect to the languages and varieties of language in society.

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Immersion programme

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When everything is about a minority language.

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Transitional programme

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When very little amount of time is spent on the minority language.

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Code switching

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When bilinguals change from one language to the other in the course of a single conversation.

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Loan words

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Borrowed words from other languages that become established in the lexicon of another language.

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Borrowing

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The process of using loan words.

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Loan compounds

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Compounds in which at least one of the parts is borrowed from another language.

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Loan translations

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Compounds that are a direct translation from another language.

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Interference

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When parts of other languages make their way into another language.

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Creole languages

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Languages that develop in a short period of time and do not have one single clear ancestor.

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Pidgin

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A simplified linguistic system.

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Relexification

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To replace the vocabulary of a language with words drawn from another language without changing the grammatical structure.

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Koine

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A new variety of language that arises from contact between speakers of different dialects of a language outside the original language community.

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Bilingualism

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When two languages are involved.