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diglossia
[ dahy-glos-ee-uh, -glaw-see-uh ]
noun
- the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- Pathology. the presence of two tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft.
diglossia
/ »å²¹ÉªËˆÉ¡±ôÉ’²õɪə /
noun
- linguistics the existence in a language of a high, or socially prestigious, and a low, or everyday, form, as German and Swiss German in Switzerland
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å¾±Â·²µ±ô´Ç²õ·²õ¾±³¦ [dahy-, glos, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diglossia1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diglossia1
C20: New Latin, via French, from Greek »å¾±²µ±ôŲõ²õ´Ç²õ speaking two languages: see diglot
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Example Sentences
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She noted that while places like German Switzerland also practice diglossia, the use of two languages, the difference is that both Swiss German and High German are living, spoken languages.
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