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language shifts

language shifts is the plural of language shift.

Meaning of language shift

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.

Questions about language shifts

What is language shifts the plural of?
Language shifts is the plural of language shift.

Words near language shifts in the dictionary

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

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