Editing Language convergence (section)

== Examples ==

* [[Balkan sprachbund|Balkans Sprachbund]]: Contact between AD 800 and AD 1700 led to changes in [[phonology]], morphology, [[syntax]], and [[lexicon]] of [[Albanian language|Albanian]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[Greek language|Greek.]] The Balkans Sprachbund is an extreme case of language convergence.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Arnhem Land]], Australia: [[Morphosyntactic]] convergence and massive lexical diffusion in the Yuulgnu languages Ritharngnu, Dhayʔyi, and others and the "Prefixing" languages Ngandi, Nunggubuyu, and others, though long periods of separation helped to preserve language boundaries.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Quechuan languages|Quechua:]] Phonological convergence of the palatal /ʎ/ in Spanish and Quechua. Northern variants of Ecuadorian Spanish and Quechua include the innovative [ʒ] while southern variants of both languages maintain the [ʎ] pronunciation.<ref name=":4" />
* [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Thai language|Thai]], and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese:]] Form a [[Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area|linguistic area]] based on the areal feature of [[Phoneme|phonemic]] tone distinctions.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] and [[Dravidian languages]]: Include the shared areal feature of [[Retroflex consonant|retroflex consonants.]]<ref name=":0" />
* Chipewyan, Cree, French, and English: Phonological convergence of c and s-series consonants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Scollon|first=Ronald|date=1979-01-01|title=Variable Data and Linguistic Convergence: Texts and Contexts in Chipewyan|jstor=4167072|journal=Language in Society|volume=8|issue=2|pages=223–243|doi=10.1017/s0047404500007442}}</ref>
*  [[Standard Average European]] - the convergence of several European languages, both [[Indo European languages|Indo-European]] and unrelated ones