Colonialism is a significant context in which linguistic discrimination takes place. When territories were colonized for the purpose of settlement buildling, indigenous languages became gravely endangered because the native speaker groups were either destroyed by war and disease, or had undergone a partial language shift to speak their master's language.
Colonialism is a crucial setting where linguistic discrimination occurs. When territories were colonized to establish settlements, native languages faced severe endangerment as the speaker groups either perished in wars and epidemics or underwent partial language shift to speak their colonial masters' tongues.