diglossia

English

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Alternative forms

• (linguistics):diglossy

Etymology

From the New Latin diglōssia, from the French diglossie, from the Ancient Greek δίγλωσσος (diglōssos, “bilingual”) + -ία (-ia, whence the French -ie and the English -ia).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'glŏʹsē.ə

  (UK-RP) IPA: /ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/, X-SAMPA: /%daI"glQsi.@/

  (US-GA) IPA: /ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/, X-SAMPA: /%daI"glAsi.@/

Noun

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

Translations

the coexistence of two closely related native languages

• Arabic: ازدواجية لغوية (ar) (izdwajíyya lughawíyya) f, ديجلوسيا (ar) (digluusya) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙層語言 (cmn), 双层语言 (cmn) (shuāngcéng yǔyán)

• Finnish: diglossia (fi)
• French: diglossie (fr) f
• German: Diglossie (de) f
• Greek: διγλωσσία (el) (diglossía) f
• Hebrew: דיגלוסיה (he)

• Hungarian: diglosszia (hu)
• Irish: débhéascna (ga) f
• Japanese: ダイグロシア (ja) (daiguroshia), 複舌 (ja) (fukushita)
• Korean: 양층언어 (ko) (yangcheung-eon-eo), 兩層言語 (ko)
• Portuguese: diglossia (pt) f
• Russian: диглоссия (ru) (diglóssija) f
• Spanish: diglosia (es) f

the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue