KnowraLanguage attritionLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Language attrition, each with the reason it gives.All 11Related 7Compared with 4Language shiftRelated: As a language recedes from daily life, speakers may lose fluency and vocabulary.BilingualismRelated: Unequal practice can change a bilingual person's proficiency over time.Language deathRelated: Attrition can weaken fluency among remaining speakers as opportunities to use the language shrink.Language educationRelated: It complicates assumptions that learning gains persist without continued opportunities to use a language.Critical period hypothesisRelated: It separates difficulty acquiring language later from loss of language already learned.First languageRelated: A first language may weaken when another language dominates daily life.Second languageRelated: A once-learned second language can weaken when it is used less often.