diglossia
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- IPA /ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/
Noun
diglossia noun
- The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.
- The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.
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bifid tonguecleft tonguepolyglossiahomoglossiaheteroglossiahomologlanguage contactinterdialectdigraphiadialectismhomologuelinguistic imbalanceco-linguistlanguage continuumcolanguageheteroglosstranslingualismmulticompetence
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