Diglossia is a type of bilingualism where one can speak two dialects of the same language.
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Bilingualism
Synonyms for "bilingualism"
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14 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 37 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dygjuhësi noun (condition of being bilingual)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ikidillilik noun (condition of being bilingual)
Belarusian
1 entries- двухмоўе noun (condition of being bilingual)
Breton
1 entries- divyezhegezh noun (condition of being bilingual)
Catalan
1 entries- bilingüisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雙語 /双语 noun (condition of being bilingual)
Czech
2 entries- bilingvismus noun (condition of being bilingual)
- dvojjazyčnost noun (condition of being bilingual)
Dutch
1 entries- tweetaligheid noun (condition of being bilingual)
Finnish
1 entries- kaksikielisyys noun (condition of being bilingual)
French
1 entries- bilinguisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
Galician
1 entries- bilingüismo noun (condition of being bilingual)
Georgian
2 entries- ბილინგვიზმი noun (condition of being bilingual)
- ორენოვანება noun (condition of being bilingual)
German
4 entries- Bilingualismus noun (condition of being bilingual)
- Bilingualität noun (condition of being bilingual)
- Bilinguismus noun (condition of being bilingual)
- Bilinguität noun (condition of being bilingual)
Hungarian
1 entries- kétnyelvűség noun (condition of being bilingual)
Ido
1 entries- bilingueso noun (condition of being bilingual)
Irish
1 entries- dátheangachas noun (condition of being bilingual)
Italian
2 entries- bilinguismo noun (condition of being bilingual)
- bilinguità noun (condition of being bilingual)
Kazakh
2 entries- екітілділік noun (condition of being bilingual)
- қостілділік noun (condition of being bilingual)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- коштилдүүлүк noun (condition of being bilingual)
- экитилдүүлүк noun (condition of being bilingual)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bilingvi̇̀zmas noun (condition of being bilingual)
- dvikalbỹstė noun (condition of being bilingual)
Macedonian
1 entries- двојазичност noun (condition of being bilingual)
Malay
2 entries- bilingualisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
- kedwibahasaan noun (condition of being bilingual)
Manx
1 entries- daa-hengaght noun (condition of being bilingual)
Norman
1 entries- bilîndgisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- bilingvalisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
- bilingvisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
- tospråklighet noun (condition of being bilingual)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- bilingvalisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
- bilingvisme noun (condition of being bilingual)
- tospråklegheit noun (condition of being bilingual)
- tospråksbruk noun (condition of being bilingual)
Persian
1 entries- دوزبانگی noun (condition of being bilingual)
Polish
2 entries- bilingwizm noun (condition of being bilingual)
- dwujęzyczność noun (condition of being bilingual)
Portuguese
1 entries- bilinguismo noun (condition of being bilingual)
Romanian
1 entries- bilingvism noun (condition of being bilingual)
Russian
1 entries- двуязы́чность noun (condition of being bilingual)
Slovak
1 entries- bilingvizmus noun (condition of being bilingual)
Spanish
1 entries- bilingüismo noun (condition of being bilingual)
Swedish
2 entries- bilingualism noun (condition of being bilingual)
- tvåspråkighet noun (condition of being bilingual)
Turkmen
1 entries- ikidillilik noun (condition of being bilingual)
Ukrainian
1 entries- двомо́вність noun (condition of being bilingual)
Yiddish
1 entries- צװײשפּראַכיקײט noun (condition of being bilingual)
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Canada, Belgium and Switzerland encourage bilingualism; knowing at least two languages, perhaps even three or more, is a real advantage.
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Will Algeria achieve universal bilingualism?
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Can Algeria achieve Berber-Arabic universal bilingualism?
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