In linguistics, diglossia (/daɪˈɡlɒsiə/ dy-GLOSS-ee-ə, US also /daɪˈɡlɔːsiə/ dy-GLAW-see-ə) is a situation in which two dialects or languages are used...
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Languages of the Philippines (redirect from Diglossia in the Philippines)
more of bilingualism than diglossia due to the publication of materials written in these languages.[citation needed] The diglossia is more evident in the...
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Greek language (section Diglossia)
dialects of it. In the modern era, the Greek language entered a state of diglossia: the coexistence of vernacular and archaizing written forms of the language...
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Sinhala language (section Diglossia)
spoken, and is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. Sinhala (Siṁhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan...
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Vernacular (section As a low variant in diglossia)
Realizing the inappropriateness of the term diglossia (only two) to his concept, he proposes the term broad diglossia. Within sociolinguistics, the term "vernacular"...
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in towns and cities. The linguistic situation in Galicia became one of diglossia, with Galician as the low variety and Spanish as the high one. In reaction...
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of Koine Greek. There had always existed a tendency towards a state of diglossia between the Attic literary language and the constantly developing spoken...
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Multilingualism Prestige Variation Areas of study Accent Bilingual pun Dialect Diglossia Homophonic translation Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Register...
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