diglosia
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Galician
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Pronunciation
Noun
diglosia f (plural diglosias)
Further reading
- “diglosia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English diglossia.
Pronunciation
Noun
diglosia (Jawi spelling ديݢلوسيا, plural diglosia-diglosia, informal 1st possessive diglosiaku, 2nd possessive diglosiamu, 3rd possessive diglosianya)
- (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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Further reading
- “diglosia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
diglosia f (plural diglosias)
Related terms
Further reading
- “diglosia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10