language contact
C49126
concept
Language contact is the sociolinguistic phenomenon that occurs when speakers of different languages or dialects interact regularly, leading to mutual influence and change in their linguistic systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| language contact canonical | 2 |
| language contact region | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: language contact
Generated description
Language contact is the sociolinguistic phenomenon that occurs when speakers of different languages or dialects interact regularly, leading to mutual influence and change in their linguistic systems.
Instances (3)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| contact with Papuan languages | — |
| Songhay–Berber language contact | — |
| Halmahera–New Guinea contact zone | language contact region |