In many countries,use of the English language reflects a colonial history and is thus a consequence of forced diffusion.

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Many countries, such as India and Nigeria, were colonized by the British and English was imposed upon the local population. This can be seen as forced diffusion, where a language is spread through colonization, rather than natural processes of language transmission.

In Many Countries,use of the English Language Reflects a Colonial