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Change of a community's language over time
Language shift, also known as language transfer, language replacement or language assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different
Language_shift
Effort to promote an endangered language or revive a dead language
Language revitalization, also referred to as language revival or reversing language shift, is an attempt to halt or reverse the decline of a language
Language_revitalization
change and language shift. In some areas, there is no reliable census data, the data is not current, or the census may not record languages spoken, or
List of languages by number of native speakers
List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
Language that is at risk of going extinct
endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss
Endangered_language
change and language shift. In some areas, there are no reliable census data, the data are not current, or the census may not record languages spoken or
List of languages by total number of speakers
List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
Key on typewriter or computer keyboard
The Shift key ⇧ Shift is a modifier key on a computer keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically
Shift_key
West Germanic language
War. It has recently taken on the nature of wholesale language shift, sometimes also termed language change, convergence or merger. By the end of the twentieth
Scots_language
have been many language revitalization strategies implemented in order to create a language shift to try to reverse this language shift. Literature projects
Languages_of_Mexico
Indigenous language of South America
unique among American languages; language shift towards European colonial languages (in this case, the other official language of Spanish) has otherwise
Guarani_language
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Shift or shift in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shift may refer to: Shift (series), a 2008 online video game series by Armor Games Need for
Shift
Pronunciation change in English between 1350 and 1700
transcription delimiters. The Great Vowel Shift was a series of pronunciation changes in the vowels of the English language that took place primarily between
Great_Vowel_Shift
Process in which a language eventually loses its last native speaker
process of cultural assimilation leading to language shift and the gradual abandonment of a native language in favour of a foreign lingua franca, largely
Language_death
urbanization, language shift, and AI translation development – can affect these numbers. List of endangered languages in Africa List of endangered languages in Asia
Lists_of_endangered_languages
Interaction between different languages
(prestige). This sometimes leads to language endangerment or extinction. When language shift occurs, the language that is replaced (known as the substratum)
Language_contact
Language that no longer has any first-language or second-language speakers
process of cultural assimilation leading to language shift, and the gradual abandonment of a native language in favor of a foreign lingua franca. As of
Extinct_language
Series of sound changes affecting some West Germanic languages
Germanic dialect continuum. The shift is used to distinguish High German from other continental West Germanic languages, namely Low Franconian (including
High_German_consonant_shift
Modification or development of a language
Language change is the process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, over time. It is studied in several subfields
Language_change
Subfamily of the Japonic languages
these languages remain, but language shift toward the use of Standard Japanese and dialects like Okinawan Japanese has resulted in these languages becoming
Ryukyuan_languages
Character encoding
Turkish and a number of languages used in India written with a Brahmic scripts may use 7-bit encoding with national language shift table defined in 3GPP
GSM_03.38
Autonomous community and province of Spain
of Navarre, Spanish is the official language of Navarre, while the Basque language is also the official language in Basque-Speaking areas. Unlike any
Navarre
Japonic language
leaves a mark should no longer stain: Progressive erasure and reversing language shift activities in the Ryukyu Islands", Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback
Japanese_language
Language family spoken in Egypt and Sudan
and language shift toward Arabic has been documented in a number of communities. Nubian should not be confused with the various Nuba languages spoken
Nubian_languages
Berber language of northern Algeria
urban Kabyles in Algeria are increasingly shifting to Arabic and diaspora Kabyles to the surrounding language. A 2013 study found that 54% of Kabyles living
Kabyle_language
Language family
structural features in Indic is language shift, that is, native Dravidian speakers learning and adopting Indic languages due to elite dominance. Although
Dravidian_languages
Dialect of the Lao language
the language. Despite its vigorous usage, since the mid-20th century, the language has been undergoing a slow relexification by Thai or language shift to
Isan_language
Dravidian language
Hindu. 28 October 2005. Language Shift in the Tamil Communities of Malaysia and Singapore: the Paradox of Egalitarian Language Policy, Ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Tamil_language
Romance language
nowadays, with French being the majority language for the inhabitants after a continued process of language shift. According to a 2019 survey by the Catalan
Catalan_language
Migrations of Indo-Aryans into the Indian subcontinent
Harappan period and led to a language shift in the northern Indian subcontinent. Several hundred years later, the Iranian languages were brought into the Iranian
Indo-Aryan_migrations
Tibeto-Burman language
language, was the principal language of Lower Burma, employed by the Mon people who inhabited the region. Lower Burma's shift from Mon to Burmese was accelerated
Burmese_language
Kra–Dai language
In the process of language shift, an abundance of Khmer elements were transferred into Thai and permeated all aspects of the language. Consequently, the
Thai_language
Italo-Dalmatian language
at least a working-knowledge of French. The 20th century saw a vast language shift, with the islanders adapting and changing their communications to the
Corsican_language
Systematic change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language
vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language. The best-known example in the English language is the
Vowel_shift
Northern Ryukyuan language
Sho hōgen). Okinawan speakers are undergoing language shift as they switch to Japanese, since language use in Okinawa today is far from stable. Okinawans
Okinawan_language
Stable natural languages that have developed from a pidgin
shifts. On the other hand, the grammar that has evolved often has new or unique features that differ substantially from those of the parent languages
Creole_language
Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian descent
on Trade and Seafaring – Perspectives from Iran and Kuwait Language Maintenance or Shift? An Ethnographic Investigation of the Use of Farsi among Kuwaiti
'Ajam_of_Kuwait
Celtic language
viable resistance to total language shift from Gaelic to English. Currently, language policies are focused on creating new language speakers through education
Scottish_Gaelic
Indo-Aryan language native to Sindh
the Sociology of Language (130). doi:10.1515/ijsl.1998.130.67. Retrieved 6 June 2025. Khemlani-David, Maya (1999). "Language shift amongst the Sindhis
Sindhi_language
Ethnic group in the Republic of Turkey
The Kurdish language in Turkey, primarily Kurmanji and Zazaki, has faced systemic marginalization, leading to significant language shift. According to
Kurds_in_Turkey
Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bangladesh and India
consider it as a "corrupt" form of Bengali, and there is a reported language shift from Sylheti to Standard Bengali in Bangladesh, India and the diaspora;
Sylheti_language
Northwest Semitic language
Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the
Hebrew_language
Computer science topic
during the first shift, ready to shift in during the second shift without any extra preparation. In C and C++ languages, the logical shift operators are
Bitwise_operation
Austronesian languages of Taiwan
However, only 35% speak their ancestral language, due to centuries of language shift. Of the approximately 26 languages of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples
Formosan_languages
Language spoken in Indonesia
norm of informal language and is a major source of influence throughout the archipelago. There is language shift of first language among Indonesian into
Indonesian_language
West Germanic language spoken by Ashkenazis
historically referred to as Judeo-German or Jewish German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in the Holy Roman
Yiddish
Celtic language native to Cornwall
Rebuilding the Celtic Languages: Reversing Language Shift in the Celtic Countries. Y Lolfa. p. 242. ISBN 0862437237 – via Google Books. "Language in England and
Cornish_language
European Bronze Age culture
between language and access to positions of prestige and power [...] A relatively small immigrant elite population can encourage widespread language shift among
Corded_Ware_culture
Romance language derived from Old Spanish
consequently, all Judeo-Spanish-speaking communities are undergoing a language shift. In 2018, four native speakers in Bosnia were identified; however, two
Judaeo-Spanish
language of the Americas whose speakers include a large proportion of non-indigenous people. This is an anomaly in the Americas where language shift towards
Languages_of_Paraguay
Script used to write the Aramaic language
empires and their subjects underwent linguistic Aramaization during a language shift for governing purposes — a precursor to Arabization centuries later
Aramaic_alphabet
Vowel shift/sound change in the Canaanite dialects
shift is a vowel shift/sound change that took place in the Canaanite dialects, which belong to the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages family
Canaanite_shift
Bit-level computer operation
logical shift is a bitwise operation that shifts all the bits of its operand. The two base variants are the logical left shift and the logical right shift. This
Logical_shift
Shift operator in computer programming
In computer programming, an arithmetic shift is a shift operator, sometimes termed a signed shift (though it is not restricted to signed operands). The
Arithmetic_shift
American television sitcom
Shifting Gears is an American television sitcom created by Julie Thacker Scully and Mike Scully for ABC through 20th Television. The series stars Tim Allen
Shifting_Gears_(TV_series)
Arabic variety spoken in the Levant
speakers from the Arabian Peninsula settled in the area, and a lengthy language shift from Aramaic to vernacular Arabic occurred. Scholars use "Levantine
Levantine_Arabic
French-based creole in Louisiana
Its sister language is Louisiana French, a dialect of the French language. Many Louisiana Creoles do not speak the Louisiana Creole language and may instead
Louisiana_Creole
North Germanic language
[ˈtænˀsk] , dansk sprog [ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally
Danish_language
Indigenous languages of Australia
Aboriginal languages are those languages spoken by Australian Aboriginal people. There are more than 250 distinct languages. Australian languages have historically
Australian Aboriginal languages
Australian_Aboriginal_languages
Group of Germanic languages
2007-11-23. Fishman, Joshua A. (2001-01-01). Can Threatened Languages be Saved?: Reversing Language Shift, Revisited : a 21st Century Perspective. Multilingual
Frisian_languages
Ancient Indo-European-speaking peoples of Anatolia
final survivor of the Anatolian branch. This was a long process of language shift and cultural integration rather than the physical disappearance of the
Anatolian_peoples
Contact language from mutually intelligible dialects of the same language
levelling Language shift Lingua franca Mixed language Mutual intelligibility Naturalistic planned language Post-creole speech continuum Standard language Siegel
Koiné_language
Kipchak Turkic language of Central Asia
and Xinjiang where they mixed with the local Kipchaks, resulting in a language shift. After the Mongol conquest in 1207 and a series of revolts against the
Kyrgyz_language
Language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with other languages
A language isolate, sometimes called an isolated language, is a language that has no demonstrable genealogical relationship with any other language. That
Language_isolate
Vowel shift
The low-back-merger shift is a chain shift of vowel sounds found in several accents of North American English, beginning in the last quarter of the 20th
Low-back-merger_shift
Countries and regions where English is used
increasing use of the English language globally has had a large impact on many other languages, leading to language shift and language death, and to claims of
English-speaking_world
Family of two languages in far northeastern Russia
Yukaghir language had around 60–70. The entire family, as such, is regarded as moribund. The Yukaghir have experienced a politically imposed language shift in
Yukaghir_languages
2014 film by Anthony DiBlasi
Last Shift is a 2014 American psychological horror film directed, edited, and co-written by Anthony DiBlasi. Juliana Harkavy stars as a rookie police
Last_Shift
Western Ibero-Romance language
Galician, as a result of this long process of language shift. However, Galician is still the main language in rural areas. The Royal Galician Academy and
Galician_language
lexical items through language shift by the Romani community. It is often used as an argot or secret language. Leonese – A language or variety of the Astur-Leonese
Languages_of_Portugal
South Korean video game company
Shift Up Corporation (stylized in all caps; Korean: 시프트업) is a South Korean video game developer and publisher. It was founded on December 2, 2013, by
Shift_Up
other European languages, including French, German and Dutch. Significant pronunciation changes in this period included the Great Vowel Shift, which affected
History_of_English
West Germanic language
their own language policies. For example, English is one of the official languages of India. Many Indians have shifted from associating the language with colonialism
English_language
Extinct language isolate indigenous to the island of Sardinia
conquest of Sardinia and Corsica, a process of language shift took place, wherein Latin became the only language spoken by the islanders. Paleo-Sardinian is
Paleo-Sardinian_language
Indo-Aryan language
Natal province. However, the language experienced significant decline throughout the 20th century, undergoing language shift towards English, with intergenerational
Bhojpuri_language
Ethnic group
nowadays, with French being the majority language for the inhabitants after a continued process of language shift. According to a 2019 survey by the Catalan
Catalans
Tungusic language of eastern Russia and China
northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly
Evenki_language
official languages: Maltese, Maltese Sign Language and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta
Languages_of_Malta
Language family native to Eurasia
the other Germanic languages, the Germanic sound shift changed the realization of all stop consonants, with each consonant shifting to a different one:
Indo-European_languages
Celtic ethnolinguistic group
where a language shift could have happened. The first is 1400–900 BC, when many hillforts were built. Mallory suggests that a 'hillfort language' would
Gaels
Level of respect towards a language variety in a speech community
new language, known as a creole, language contact can result in changes, such as language convergence, language shift or language death. Language convergence
Prestige_(sociolinguistics)
Austronesian and Sino-Tibetan languages
population. However, far fewer can still speak their ancestral language after centuries of language shift. It is common for young and middle-aged Hakka and Taiwanese
Languages_of_Taiwan
Mixed Iberian-Romani language
Romance grammar, with an adstratum of Romani lexical items, through language shift by the Romani community. Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish
Caló_language
Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir
as many as 350,000 people declared their first language to be Kashmiri. A process of language shift is observable among Kashmiri-speakers in Azad Kashmir
Kashmiri_language
Simple and widely known encryption technique
fixed number of positions along the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method
Caesar_cipher
Changing between languages during a conversation
In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation is the process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending
Code-switching
Niger–Congo language of the Igbo people, mainly spoken in Nigeria
rhetorical elements of the Igbo language that convey the cultural aesthetic; and code-switching, code-mixing, and language shift. External and internal factors
Igbo_language
Someone who can fully understand a language but not productively speak it
language). Such speakers are especially common in language shift communities where speakers of a declining language do not acquire active competence. For example
Passive_speaker_(language)
Language
Yoy is a Tai language of Thailand and Laos. The Yoy language is now in the critical endangered state due to a rapid language shift, which may eventually
Yoy_language
Algonquian language
language shift led to the displacement by speaker of the Kalapuyan (†), Na-Dene, Palaihnihan, Plateau Penutian, Salishan, etc., as well as languages of
Massachusett_language
Proposed Romance subfamily of northeast Italy and Switzerland
and the areas around the Walensee were entirely German-speaking. This language shift was a long, drawn-out process, with larger, central towns adopting German
Rhaeto-Romance_languages
Influence of the Slavic languages on the Romanian language
Daco-Romanian is to be attributed to Ukrainian influence either through language shift from Ukrainian or through the bilingualism of masses of Moldovans. One
Slavic_influence_on_Romanian
Mathematical concept and applications in software development
cyclic language. The operation shift(L) has been studied in formal language theory. For instance, if L is a context-free language, then shift(L) is again
Circular_shift
system. Language planning aims to facilitate effective communication within the speech community, which can result in a language shift or language assimilation
Language planning and policy in Singapore
Language_planning_and_policy_in_Singapore
result of annexation have largely undergone language shift to English. Historically, immigrants' languages tend to disappear or to be reduced by generational
Spanish language in the United States
Spanish_language_in_the_United_States
Romance language indigenous to the island of Sardinia
Army. Compulsory military service around this period played a role in language shift and is referred to by historian Manlio Brigaglia as "the first great
Sardinian_language
Creole language family with Dutch as lexifier
attributed to a wilful cultural and generational language shift towards standard Dutch or the majority language of the area with each successive generation
Dutch-based_creole_languages
Language family of northern Japan and neighboring islands
Language]. Sustainable Japan by The Japan Times (in Japanese). 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2025-09-20. Okazaki, Takayuki (2019-06-05), "Ainu language shift"
Ainu_languages
Change in wavelength of light
same redshift phenomena. Other physical processes exist that can lead to a shift in the frequency of electromagnetic radiation, including scattering and
Redshift
Use of multiple languages
most probably simply a shift in attitudes and behaviors that correspond to a shift in situation or context, independent of language." However, the Sapir–Whorf
Multilingualism
Subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan languages
likely due to language contact with the Qiangic, Rgyalrongic languages. The divergence exhibited in Khalong may also be due to language shift. In addition
Tibetic_languages
Branch of the Iranian languages
2, Median Succumbs to Persian after Three Millennia of Coexistence: Language Shift in the Central Iranian Plateau, p. 70 Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes
Western_Iranian_languages
LANGUAGE SHIFT
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful Language
Girl/Female
British, Hindu, Indian, Norwegian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Language of Vedas
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girven | கீரà¯à®µà¯‡à®¨Â
Language of God
Girven | கீரà¯à®µà¯‡à®¨Â
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Sweet Language
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Sweet Language
Girl/Female
Tamil
Tamilarasi | தாமீலாரஸீÂ
Queen of Tamil language
Tamilarasi | தாமீலாரஸீÂ
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Language
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Language of Bihar
Girl/Female
Tamil
Language
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prangel | பà¯à®°à®¾à®‚ஜல
Language
Prangel | பà¯à®°à®¾à®‚ஜல
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Tongue; Language
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Language
Boy/Male
Muslim
Language of religion (Islam)
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Language of God
Boy/Male
Hindu
Language of God
Boy/Male
Hindu
Language
Boy/Male
Hindu
Language of God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Langdale, Cumbria, named in Old Norse as ‘long valley’, from lang ‘long’ + dalr ‘valley’.Possibly an Americanized form of Norwegian Langdal, Langdalen, Langdahl, habitational names from any of numerous farmsteads named Langdal(en), having the same etymology as 1.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Child Language
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girvan | கிரà¯à®µà®¾à®¨
Language of God
LANGUAGE SHIFT
LANGUAGE SHIFT
Boy/Male
American, British, English, French
Fifth; Surname; Variant of Quentin Fifth
Girl/Female
Spanish
Sweet.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pearl necklace
Girl/Female
Danish, German, Gujarati, Indian
Wealth
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Sita
Girl/Female
Indian
Rise a Earth
Girl/Female
Indian
True.
Girl/Female
American, Armenian, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Norwegian, Shakespearean, Swiss
Pearl; Jewel; Name of a Saint
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sharp, Earth, Ganges
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Free.
LANGUAGE SHIFT
LANGUAGE SHIFT
LANGUAGE SHIFT
LANGUAGE SHIFT
LANGUAGE SHIFT
a.
Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.
n.
The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
a.
Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
n.
The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
n.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
n.
Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
n.
The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Language
n.
A race, as distinguished by its speech.
n.
The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
n.
The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
n.
The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.
v. t.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
n.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.
imp. & p. p.
of Language
n.
The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
n.
A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.