Definitions For Diglossia

Noun

DIGLOSSIA (uncountable) (linguistics, sociology) 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. : {{cot, en, digraphia}} (pathology) The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue. : Synonym: bifid tongue, cleft tongue

Related terms

diglossic

Translations

Arabic: اِزْدِوَاجِيَّة لُغَوِيَّة, f (izdiwājiyya luḡawiyya), دِيجْلُوسْيَا, f (diglūsyā) Chinese: : Mandarin: 雙層語言, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 双层语言 (shuāngcéng yǔyán, sc=Hani) Finnish: diglossia French: diglossie, f German: Diglossie, f Greek: διγλωσσία, f Hebrew: דיגלוסיה Hungarian: diglosszia Irish: débhéascna, f Italian: diglossia, f Japanese: ダイグロシア (daiguroshia) Korean: 양층언어, 兩層言語, sc=Hani Portuguese: diglossia, f Russian: дигло́ссия, f Spanish: diglosia, f

See also

polyglossia

Alternative forms

linguistics diglossy

Etymology

From "bilingual" + -ία (whence the {{cog, fr, -ie}} and {{cog, en, -ia}}).