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...

more of bilingualism than diglossia due to the publication of materials written in these languages.[citation needed] The diglossia is more evident in the...

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...

Realizing the inappropriateness of the term diglossia (only two) to his concept, he proposes the term broad diglossia. Within sociolinguistics, the term "vernacular"...

spoken, and is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. Sinhala (Siṁhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan...

one language or dialect and another within the same conversation".: 23  Diglossia, associated with the American linguist Charles A. Ferguson, which describes...

modern times provides a prime example of the linguistic phenomenon of diglossia, which is the normal use of two separate varieties of the same language...

of Koine Greek. There had always existed a tendency towards a state of diglossia between the Attic literary language and the constantly developing spoken...

Multilingualism Prestige Variation Areas of study Accent Bilingual pun Dialect Diglossia Homophonic translation Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Register...

language) and the dialect (low language), it is possible to speak about diglossia of the Arabic language. The UAE, extending over a total area of about...

Western Armenian, and some can speak Turkish. Lebanon exists in a state of diglossia: MSA is used in formal writing and the news, while Lebanese Arabic—the...

popularly as Mozarabic) until the 13th century. It was also characterized by diglossia: in addition to standard written Arabic, spoken varieties could be subdivided...

small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Melilla features a diglossia between the official Spanish and Tarifit. Like the autonomous city of...

Multilingualism Prestige Variation Areas of study Accent Bilingual pun Dialect Diglossia Homophonic translation Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Register...

contemporary speech. Over time, this divergence may contribute to a dynamic of diglossia. There are too many grammatical differences to address, but here is a...

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...

mainly due to German immigrants. This situation has been called a medial diglossia. Swiss Standard German is used in the Swiss education system, while Austrian...

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complex relationship between spoken and written Chinese is an example of diglossia: as spoken, Chinese varieties have evolved at different rates, while the...

media help. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia: there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status, a high...

contact between languages with different prestige levels have resulted in diglossia, a phenomenon in which a community uses a high prestige language or dialect...

as in the Hellenistic period, there was a tendency towards a state of diglossia between the Attic literary language and the constantly developing vernacular...

Multilingualism Prestige Variation Areas of study Accent Bilingual pun Dialect Diglossia Homophonic translation Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Register...

less prestigious variety of language (called "L variety" in studies of diglossia), family members might switch to a highly prestigious form (H variety)...

example of code-switching that has dialect-specific connotations, or in diglossia, occurs in the Arabic language, which embodies multiple variations that...

west-central dialect spoken in the Nadia region. Bengali shows a high degree of diglossia, with the literary and standard form differing greatly from the colloquial...

Cham: They are both diglossic and bilingual (in Cham and Vietnamese). Diglossia is the situation where two varieties of a language are used in a single...

there are various dialects spoken throughout the country. There is a diglossia in which much of the population can understand or speak Standard Colloquial...

community according to the functional distribution of the languages involved: Diglossia: if there is a structural-functional distribution of the languages involved...

Africans can speak more than one language, and there is very often a diglossia between the official and unofficial language forms for speakers of the...