di·glos·si·a (d -glô s - , -gl s-)n. The use of two markedly different varieties of a language in different social situations, such as a formal variety at work and an informal variety at home. [From Greek digl  ssos, speaking two languages : di-, two; see di-1 + glssa, tongue, language.]di·glos sic adj. |
diglossia [daɪˈglɒsɪə]
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(Linguistics) Linguistics the existence in a language of a high, or socially prestigious, and a low, or everyday, form, as German and Swiss German in Switzerland
[New Latin, via French, from Greek diglōssos speaking two languages: see diglot]
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