Language convergence is a type of
contact-induced change whereby languages with many
bilingual speakers mutually borrow
morphological and
syntactic features, making their
typology more similar.
A presently occurring example of this is with the
Maltese language, where almost all the population of
Malta is bilingual in Maltese and
English, and often mix the two languages in speech. In addition to this, 66% of the population speaks
Italian, and the language is also continuing to influence Maltese.
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