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A language replacement, usually known as a language shift, is in broad terms a cultural phenomenon where the predominant language spoken by one culture is changed to another language.

This can be the result of several key factors. One of the most dominant causes of a language shift is due to foreign colonization, where the colonizing nation imposes its culture and language on the colony, and the colony adopts them.

On the opposite hand, a language shift can also occur when communities of immigrants move to another location. A trend has shown where immigrants eventually drop their former language in favor of the predominant language spoken in the culture they now reside.

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