diglosia

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English diglossia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɡlosia/
  • Rhymes: -sia, -ia, -a

Noun

diglosia (Jawi spelling ديݢلوسيا, plural diglosia-diglosia, informal 1st possessive diglosiaku, 2nd possessive diglosiamu, 3rd possessive diglosianya)

  1. (linguistics) Diglossia; the coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.

Derived terms

  • diglosia bersarang ganda
  • diglosia bertindan

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈɡlosja/ [d̪iˈɣ̞lo.sja]
  • Rhymes: -osja
  • Syllabification: di‧glo‧sia

Noun

diglosia f (plural diglosias)

  1. diglossia

Further reading

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