Linguistic divergence

Linguistic divergence

Linguistic speciation, or linguistic divergence, is the fissioning of language groups. Like biological evolution, there are several factors which contribute to linguistic divergence.

Factors affecting linguistic divergence

* isolation
* group membership
* time
* conquest
* migration
* technological discovery
* contact
* translation of ancient texts

ee also

*
* Language convergence
* Historical linguistics


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