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diglossia

noun
/ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/UK/ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/US

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.

  1. derived from δίγλωσσος
  2. derived from diglossie
  3. borrowed from diglōssia

Definitions

  1. The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or…

    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.

    • Only very small and isolated communities display neither diglossia nor bilingualism.

  2. The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for diglossia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA