Language Shift Case Study

Demographic factor contributes in the process of language shift. Members of community who move to a region whose language is different from their native language, thought they need to shift toward the new language in order to socialize with the new environment. A language shift denotes the replacement of one language by another as the primary means of communication and socialization within the community. (FarahNadia1/language-maintainance).
The main factor leading toward language shift is from using one language to another language. The community sees an important reason for learning the second language due to economics (Holmes, 1992: 65). Economic factor encouraging to language decline always results in bilingualism where it is as a precursor of language shift. As Holmes says that “ Job seekers see the importance of learning a new language which is widely used in business.
A negative attitude toward the language can also accelerate language shift, it can be occurring when an ethnic language is not highly valued and it is not seen as a symbol of identity. Holmes stated that “young people are the fastest to shift languages (1992; 60).
A teenager moving to big city, gradually he tries to abandon his indigenous language in cease having

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