Language shift

Language shift is when a group of people who speak one language start speaking another language. It often happens as groups of people move to a new place or if the people who speak their original language are treated badly by people who speak a different language. For example, if a group of people move to a new place and everyone there speaks a different language, the people who moved there might start speaking the language the people in the new place speak, instead of speaking their original language. This is language shift.