Language Shift and Death
External factors:
- 1) numerical strength of the group in relationship to other minorities or majorities
- 2) social class
- 3) religious and educational background
- 4) settlement patterns
- 5) ties with homeland
- 6) degree of similarities between majority and minority languages
- 7) extent of exogamous marriage
- 8) attitudes of majority and minority
- 9) government policies towards language and education
- 10) patterns of language use