This happens when an official language is used more often and children stop learning the local language of their parents.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

They have had an effect on immigration. They have had an effect on the language used by mainstream politicians."

VOA: special.2011.07.30

I did not know she was married!" Language expert Webb Garrison tells an interesting story about the expression.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

For example, one word in the native language Carrier spoken in British Colombia means "he gives me an object like the fruit blueberries."

VOA: special.2009.12.02

But his expert knowledge of the music and its performers helped make jazz an international language.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Ko Maw Gyi is an English language teacher who wants to know about the store Wal-Mart.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

It says the test measures the language skills of people working in an international environment.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

He saw that English was becoming an important international language.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

VOA Special English is an example of a controlled language.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Kallawaya is an ancient language.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

In addition, we have an Islamic component, and we teach Islam as well as Arabic as a foreign language."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

What we are not seeing is an alteration, but additions to the language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

As an educator,however, Johnson says that there is no other widespread cultural innovation to explain the radical shift in language usage she's seen over the past few years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Erin Jansen,founder of Netlingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, also says the new technology has not fundamentally changed existing language but added immensely to the vocabulary.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16