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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Multilingualism.

See also changes related to Multilingualism, or pages that link to Multilingualism or to this page or whose text contains "Multilingualism".

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## Contents

* 1 Parent topics
* 2 Subtopics
* 3 Other related topics

## Parent topics[edit]

* Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
* Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. [e]
* Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. [e]

## Subtopics[edit]

* Lingua franca [r]: Any language used for widespread communication between groups who do not share a native language or where native speakers are typically in the minority; name from 'Lingua Franca', a pidgin once used around the Mediterranean. [e]
* Contact language [r]: any language which is created through contact between two or more existing languages; may occur when people who share no native language need to communicate, or when a language of one group becomes used for wider communication. [e]
* Language attrition [r]: The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by individuals. [e]
* Diglossia [r]: Linguistic situation in which two (often very closely related) languages are used within one speech community, for different purposes. [e]

## Other related topics[edit]

* Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. [e]
* Speech community [r]: Add brief definition or description