Assimilation (from Greek assimilatio; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article: Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent soundCultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing cultureLanguage shift or language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another languageAmericanization (of Native Ame… (More on Assimilated)