 ##  [Language Shift](/index.php/language-shift) 

  ##  [Language Shift](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/language-shift-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A population-level sociolinguistic process in which a speech community progressively replaces its traditional native language with another language across domains and generations, typically through reduced intergenerational transmission and increased use of the alternative language in key social institutions.