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diglossic

diglossic adjective: of or relating to diglossia.

Adjective

diglossic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to diglossia.
  2. Using two languages or dialects together.
    • Thus, the prevalence of English in this state-imposed diglossic system has led to a growing concern that ‘English dominance may lead to English monolingualism’, and this may erode the country’s ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3

Words formed from diglossic

Questions about diglossic

What does diglossic mean?
Diglossic means of or relating to diglossia.
What part of speech is diglossic?
Diglossic is an adjective.

Words near diglossic in the dictionary

  1. digladiations
  2. Diglis
  3. diglossal
  4. diglossally
  5. diglossia
  6. diglossic
  7. diglossically
  8. diglot
  9. diglots
  10. diglottism
  11. diglottisms

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