diglottism
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek [Term?] (“speaking two languages”), from [Term?] (“twice”) + [Term?] (“tongue”). See glottis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)
- bilingualism
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
- there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
Further reading
edit- “diglottism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.