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monoglossia

monoglossia noun: the use or dominance of only one language or dialect; the absence of diglossia or heteroglossia.

Noun

monoglossia (usually uncountable, plural monoglossias)

  1. (usually) The use or dominance of only one language or dialect; the absence of diglossia or heteroglossia.

Forms of monoglossia

pluralmonoglossias

Questions about monoglossia

What does monoglossia mean?
Monoglossia means the use or dominance of only one language or dialect; the absence of diglossia or heteroglossia.
What part of speech is monoglossia?
Monoglossia is a noun.
What is the plural of monoglossia?
The plural of monoglossia is monoglossias.

Words near monoglossia in the dictionary

  1. monogermane
  2. monoglacial
  3. monoglacialism
  4. monoglacialist
  5. monoglacialists
  6. monoglossia
  7. monoglot
  8. monoglotism
  9. monoglots
  10. monoglottism
  11. monoglucose

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