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

• “diglosia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

diglosia f (plural diglosias)

1. diglossia

Related terms

• diglósico

 

Further reading

• “diglosia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014