language revitalization, the process of bringing a language back into active use after a period of decline, a marginalized language, a language that is considered less important and is being pushed out by a dominant culture, Globish, a simplified version of English for international communication, a neologism, a newly coined word or expression, or an existing word used with a new meaning, Brummie, the accent of residents of Birmingham, homogenising, the process of making things uniform or the same, to place one's accent, to identify a person's origin by their accent, a refined accent, an elegant/sophisticated accent (usually associated with the upper class), a lingua franca, A language systematically used to enable communication between people who do not share a native language. It is a "bridge" language. English often serves this purpose globally, an Anglicism, A word or phrase from the English language that is borrowed into another language, to dust off one’s language, A metaphor meaning to revive or refresh one's knowledge of a language that has not been used for a while, bringing it back to a functional state, to pose a threat to something, To present a danger or risk, to rival English, To attempt to compete with English for global dominance, linguistic revitalization/reclamation, Efforts to increase the number of speakers of a language that is endangered or has fallen out of use, a linguistic hotspot, A region of the world with exceptionally high linguistic diversity, a high level of endangerment among its languages, and a low level of documented linguistic research, Indigenous, A language that is originating or occurring naturally in a particular place, to bolster cognition, To strengthen or support mental processes like thinking, learning, and memory, to juggle languages, The mental ability to switch quickly and seamlessly between two or more languages, depending on the context or person one is speaking to, to exert negative pressures on somebody/something, To apply forces or influences that cause harm or difficulty, to seem doomed, To appear to be fated to fail, disappear, or die, indispensable, Absolutely necessary, to see fit, To consider it appropriate or right to do something, to scratch the surface, To deal with only a small part of a subject or problem

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