21. As a result of this, the Arab community in Mexico shows marked language shift away from Arabic. 22. Linguistic heritage is not synonymous with genetic heritage, because of language shift where populations learn new languages. 23. See Calvin Veltman's " Language Shift in the United States " ( 1983 ) for a discussion. 24. Indo-European languages probably spread through language shifts . 25. As a result of this, the Lebanese community in Argentina shows marked language shift away from Arabic. 26. Another possibility is language shift in accordance with the dominant minority model, i . e . Turkification. 27. Language shift is when a speaker shifts from speaking a lower prestige dialect to a higher prestige dialect.28. Following the pattern of language shift , most of this remainder is to be found among the eldest populations. 29. Some Jewish languages show the effects of the history of language shift among the speakers, including Hebrew-Aramaic influence. 30. Walser German dialects are considered endangered, and language shift to the majority language ( German ) is occurring.
