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contact varieties of language  

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  • Language contact occurs when two or more languages or varieties of the same language interact. Contact can occur at language borders or as a result of colonization, (im)migration, defined governmental language policies, and globalization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Contact Varieties of Language: Spanglish, Chinglish, Finglish]

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