Linguistic divergence

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

[edit] Factors affecting linguistic divergence

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

[edit] See also

• evowiki:Linguistic evolution
• Language convergence
• Historical linguistics