diglottism

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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diglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)

  1. bilingualism
    • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
      there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
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Further reading

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