diglosia

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Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English diglossia.

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Noun

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diglosia (Jawi spelling ديݢلوسيا, plural diglosia-diglosia, informal 1st possessive diglosiaku, 2nd possessive diglosiamu, 3rd possessive diglosianya)

  1. (linguistics) Diglossia; 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.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈɡlosja/ [d̪iˈɣ̞lo.sja]
  • Rhymes: -osja
  • Syllabification: di‧glo‧sia

Noun

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diglosia f (plural diglosias)

  1. diglossia
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