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language shift

language shift noun: the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.

Noun

language shift (plural language shifts)

  1. The process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.
    • Creoles, which involve a language shift, are found in communities where a pidgin language had served as a lingua franca.

language shift meaning in Tamil

language shift in Tamil

மொழி முறைப்பெயர்ச்சி

Synonyms of language shift

Forms of language shift

plurallanguage shifts

Questions about language shift

What does language shift mean?
Language shift means the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.
What is language shift in Tamil?
Language shift in Tamil is மொழி முறைப்பெயர்ச்சி. See Language shift meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is language shift?
Language shift is a noun.
What is the plural of language shift?
The plural of language shift is language shifts.

Words near language shift in the dictionary

  1. language schools
  2. language script
  3. language scripts
  4. language server
  5. language servers
  6. language shift
  7. language shifts
  8. language survey
  9. language surveys
  10. language swap
  11. language swaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: language shift (page history and authors); language shift (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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