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Language attrition is the process of losing a language one once spoke; it refers most commonly to the process of losing one's first language. Here is a recent article in Quartz that explores the issue of language attrition in detail: https://qz.com/1155289/even-if-youve-forgotten-the-language-you-spoke-as-a-child-it-still-stays-with-you/

Here is a touching article by Andi Sharma about her experience losing Hindi: http://www.cbc.ca/2017/the-quiet-tragedy-of-forgetting-your-first-language-1.4341850

Here is a website dedicated to the issue of language attrition by a scholar who specializes in this area: https://languageattrition.org/