Diglottism

//daɪˈɡlɒtɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    bilingualism uncountable, usually

    "there are two of these diglottisms in a single line"

Example

More examples

"there are two of these diglottisms in a single line"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίγλωττος (díglōttos, “speaking two languages”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”).

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