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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    spoken, and is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. Sinhala (Siṃhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan...
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  • Sociolect (section Diglossia)
    one language or dialect and another within the same conversation".: 23  Diglossia, associated with the American linguist Charles A. Ferguson, which describes...
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    maint: location missing publisher (link) Rindler Schjerve, Rosita (2003). Diglossia and Power. Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher...
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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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    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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    Arabic (section Diglossia)
    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...
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  • first to the overuse of English words by French speakers and later to diglossia or the macaronic mixture of French (français) and English (anglais). The...
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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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    small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus. Melilla features a diglossia between the official Spanish and Tarifit. Like the autonomous city of...
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    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...
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    popularly as Mozarabic) until the 13th century. It was also characterized by diglossia: in addition to standard written Arabic, spoken varieties could be subdivided...
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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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  • as in the Hellenistic period, there was a tendency towards a state of diglossia between the Attic literary language and the constantly developing vernacular...
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    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...
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    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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    media help. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia: there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status, a high...
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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...
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    the educated and so Bruno Rochette suggests it's more appropriate as a diglossia but concedes this still does not adequately explain it, as Greek was "high"...
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    there are various dialects spoken throughout the country. There is a diglossia in which much of the population can understand or speak Standard Colloquial...
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    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...
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  • mutual intelligibility in defining languages and dialects; situations of diglossia, where two dialects are used for different functions; dialect continua...
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    community according to the functional distribution of the languages involved: Diglossia: if there is a structural-functional distribution of the languages involved...
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  • pp. 73–94. Fishman, Joshua (1967). "Bilingualism with and without diglossia; Diglossia with and without bilingualism". Journal of Social Issues. 23 (2):...
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    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...
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    Singaporeans. As such, in recent times, the government has tolerated the diglossia of both Singlish and Standard English (only for those who are fluent in...
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  • dialects. The competition between the popular and the learned registers (see Diglossia) culminated in the struggle between Dimotiki and Katharevousa during the...
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