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<p><b>Language contact</b> occurs when speakers of two or more <a href="page.php?w=languages">languages</a> or <a href="page.php?w=Variety_%28linguistics%29">linguistic varieties</a> interact with and influence each other. The study of language contact is called <b>contact linguistics</b>. Language contact can occur at <a href="page.php?w=language_border">language border</a>s, between <a href="page.php?w=adstratum">adstratum</a> languages, or as the result of <a href="page.php?w=human_migration">migration</a>, with an intrusive language acting as</p><p>
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