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Definitions for Diglossia
[1] 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.
[2] Pathology . the presence of two tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft.
[3] 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
Words nearby Diglossia
digitized, digitoxin, digitron, digitule, digitus, diglossia, diglot, diglyceride, diglycol, diglycolic acid, dignified
Origin of Diglossia
1955–60; Latinization of French diglossie, equivalent to Greek díglōss(os ) speaking two languages (see diglot) + French -ie -y3
Other words from Diglossia
di·glos·sic [dahy-glos -ik] /daɪˈglɒs ɪk/ , adjective
Word origin for Diglossia
C20: New Latin, via French, from Greek diglōssos speaking two languages: see diglot