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lan·guage con·tact
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Language contact
Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics. When speakers of different languages interact closely, it is typical for their languages to influence each other. Language contact can occur at language borders, between adstratum languages, or as the result of migration, with an intrusive language acting as either a superstratum or a substratum. Language contact occurs in a variety of phenomena, including language convergence, borrowing and relexification. The most common products are pidgins, creoles, code-switching, and mixed languages. Other hybrid languages, such as English, do not strictly fit into any of these categories. Multilingualism has likely been common throughout much of human history, and today most people in the world are multilingual.
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Language contact
Language contact refers to the interaction and influence between different languages when they come into contact with one another. This interaction typically occurs when speakers of different languages interact closely, such as through trade, colonization, migration, or language borrowing. Language contact can lead to various linguistic phenomena, such as loanwords, code-switching, pidgin formation, creolization, and language convergence. It often results in linguistic changes and the development of new varieties or hybrid languages.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of language contact in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of language contact in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- SprachkontaktGerman
- contacto lingüísticoSpanish
- contact linguistiqueFrench
- contato de idiomaPortuguese
- dil kontağıTurkish
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