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diglossia

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Pronunciation
/ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/
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/ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/ · /ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/

Definition of diglossia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)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.
    “2000, Joshua A. Fishman, 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).”
    “Only very small and isolated communities display neither diglossia nor bilingualism.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)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.
    “2000, Joshua A. Fishman, 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).”
    “Only very small and isolated communities display neither diglossia nor bilingualism.”
  2. (uncountable)The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

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Etymology

From Latin diglōssia. In linguistics introduced 1959 by Charles A. Ferguson, based on French diglossie, from Ancient Greek δίγλωσσος (díglōssos, “bilingual”) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to di- + -glossia.

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