diglossia

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Singular
diglossia

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diglossia (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) the coexistence of two closely related native languages or dialects among a certain population, one of which is regarded to be more prestigious than the other; also, that of two unrelated languages
  2. (pathology) the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue

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