Increased intra-European mobility, migration and economic globalisation have dramatically multiplied interaction between speakers of dierent languages.
Leis an méadú atá tagtha ar an ngluaiseacht laistigh den Eoraip, ar an imirce, agus leis an domhandú eacnamaíoch, tá méadú as cuimse tagtha ar an gcaidreamh idir cainteoirí teangacha éagsúla.