Demetrius's family recently immigrated to the united states from the ukraine. after he attended kindergarten, his parents noticed that his english was more fluent than his native language. demetrius was exhibiting:

A language shift

Explanation:

 According to the given question, Demetrius's family immigrated from Ukraine to the united states and his parents observed that his native language is not good but he was fluent in English.

This above given scenario was exhibiting a language shift as it is the process of replacement of the language during the period of time.

 It is due to the influenced from the surrounding community where the people used the English language for the communicating and interaction purpose.

The following are some causes of the language shift are as follows:

 Therefore, Language shift is the correct answer.

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q2: simon bolivar

q3:   their workers and farmers demanded a return to spanish rule.

q4: drafted new constitutions

q5: oligarchies have replaced monarchies