diglossia

English

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

enPR: dī'glŏʹsē.ə
(UK-RP) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/

(US-GA) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/

diglossia (uncountable)

(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.
(pathology) The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

the coexistence of two closely related native languages

Arabic: اِزْدِوَاجِيَّة لُغَوِيَّة‎‎ f (izdiwājiyya luḡawiyya), دِيجْلُوسْيَا‎‎ f (diglūsyā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙層語言, 双层语言 (shuāngcéng yǔyán)
Finnish: diglossia (fi)
French: diglossie (fr) f
German: Diglossie (de) f
Greek: διγλωσσία (el) f (diglossía)
Hebrew: דיגלוסיה‎‎ (he)

the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue

diglossia f (plural diglossias)

(linguistics) diglossia (the coexistence of two closely related native languages)

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