What is language shift?, When a language borrows words, When speakers stop using their mother tongue and adopt another language, When a language changes grammar, When a language disappears completely, Which situation best shows language shift?, A community speaks two languages equally, Parents stop teaching their native language to their children, A language gains new speakers, A language is used in schools, Language shift happens faster in which community?, Rural communities with strong traditions, Isolated communities, Urban communities with strong dominant languages, Communities with language protection policies, Why do minority language communities often experience language shift?, They prefer grammar changes, Their language is not useful in education and jobs, They want to create new languages, They speak too many languages, What is language maintenance?, Replacing one language with another, Keeping and confusing to use a language across generations, Borrowing words from another language, Losing speakers completely, Which action helps language maintenance?, Using the dominant language only, Teaching the language to children at home and school, Avoiding media in the native language, Migrating to cities, Language loss refers to:, The complete disappearance of a language, A community losing fluency in their original language, The creation of a new language, Language borrowing, Which is a sign of language loss?, Children speak the language fluently, Elders are the only fluent speakers, The language is taught in schools, The language is used in media, When does language death occur?, When a language changes vocabulary, When no one speaks the language anymore, When grammar is simplified, When people become bilingual, Which is factor most directly leads to language death?, Strong language maintenance, Continuous language shift over generations, Bilingual education, Language documentation

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