diglossia

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  1. noun A sociolinguistic phenomenon in which complementary social functions are distributed between a prestigious or formal variety and a common or colloquial variety of a language, as in Greek, Tamil, or Scottish English.

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  1. From Greek diglōssos, speaking two languages : di-, two; see di-1 + glōssa, tongue, language.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek δίγλωσσ, σ1ος, two-tongued, from δι-, two-, + γλῶσσ, σ1α, tongue.
 

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