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Definition of diglossia noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

diglossia

noun

NAmE//daɪˈɡlɔsiə//

, NAmE//daɪˈɡlɑsiə//

[uncountable] (linguistics)

a situation in which two languages or two forms of a language are used under different conditions in a community

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diglossic

NAmE//daɪˈɡlɔsɪk//

, NAmE//daɪˈɡlɑsɪk//

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