1. What are the most common factors in language diffusion? 2. What is the major process that diffuses languages?

3. What are the differences and similarities between pidgin and creole?

1.Languages are seen as an important part of our culture by many people. Language shift can be described as a diffusion process in accordance with physical diffusion as spread of the dominant language and resulting retreat of the minority language.

2.Language is disseminated through diffusion, but in complex ways. Relocation diffusion is associated with settler colonies and conquest, but in many places, hierarchical diffusion is the form that best explains the predominant languages.

3.In a nutshell, pidgins are learned as a second language in order to facilitate communication, while creoles are spoken as first languages. Creoles have more extensive vocabularies than pidgin languages and more complex grammatical structures. Pidgins, meanwhile, are known for the simplicity of their grammar.