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Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages interact and influence each other, resulting in language convergence, relexification, or the creation of new contact languages like pidgins, creoles, or mixed languages. This phenomenon has been common throughout human history, with most people in the world being multilingual. The study of language contact, known as contact linguistics, explores the effects of language interaction on linguistic structures, vocabulary, and language use.