When an immigrantion group moves into a new location inhabited by a larger dominant culture with a different language, which of
the following is the most likely outcome? A) The immigrant group will aggressively maintain their native language and prevent it from changing in order to preserve their culture. B ) The immigrant group will quickly abandon their language and adopt the new language in order to achieve economic success. (C) The two groups will immediately create a pidgin, or trade language, in order to communicate. TE (D) The languages of the two groups will converge and blend into one new language. E) The immigrant group will learn and use the new language, and immigrant words will enter the language of the majority population.
If a smaller immigrant group merges with a larger one it is possible that all the other outcomes may happen but the most likely, is that the smaller immigrant group will learn the new language and blend some of their own words in as a sort of slang.
