3. Linguistic Barrowing and Language Contact

• In linguistics, borrowing is the process by which a word from one language is adapted for use in another.
• Loanwords are words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language (the source language); can also be called a borrowing.
• Borrowing is a consequence of cultural contact between two language communities.
• Language contact is the social and linguistic phenomenon by which speakers of different languages (or different dialects of the same language) interact with one another, leading to a transfer of linguistic features.
• Language contact often occurs along borders or as a result of migration.