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This document discusses language maintenance and shift. It explains that language shift occurs when a minority language is displaced by the dominant language over time, often due to economic, social, political and demographic factors. As shift increases, the minority language is used in fewer contexts until it is only used privately. Language death happens when no one speaks a language anymore. However, minority languages can be maintained if they are highly valued as a cultural symbol, families live near e
- Author
- Raul Lozano
- Language
- EN