diglossia

Etymology
From. In linguistics introduced 1959 by, based on , from +. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) * 2000,, Chapter 3: Bilingualism with and without diglossia; diglossia with and without bilingualism, Li Wei (editor), The Bilingualism Reader, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 81,
 * It is the purpose of this chapter to relate these two research traditions to each other by tracing the interaction between their two major constructs: bilingualism (on the part of psychologists) and diglossia (on the part of sociologists).
 * 1)  The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.
 * It is the purpose of this chapter to relate these two research traditions to each other by tracing the interaction between their two major constructs: bilingualism (on the part of psychologists) and diglossia (on the part of sociologists).
 * 1)  The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.
 * 1)  The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِزْدِوَاجِيَّة لُغَوِيَّة, دِيجْلُوسْيَا
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 雙層語言
 * Finnish:
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 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: débhéascna
 * Italian: diglossia
 * Japanese: ダイグロシア, 二言語変種使い分け
 * Korean: 양층언어(兩層言語)
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 * Russian:
 * Spanish: diglosia
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)   the coexistence of two closely related native languages