Meanings
adjectivediglossic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf or relating to diglossia.
- not comparableUsing 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
Translations
Spanish diglósico
- diglósicoTranslations
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