ALL meanings of diglossia
di·glos·si·a
D d - noun diglossia the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece. 2
- noun diglossia (linguistics) the coexistence of two closely related native languages or dialects among a certain population, one of which is regarded to be more prestigious than the other; also, that of two unrelated languages. 1
- noun diglossia Pathology. the presence of two tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft. 1
- noun diglossia (pathology) the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue. 0
- noun diglossia the existence in a language of a high, or socially prestigious, and a low, or everyday, form, as German and Swiss German in Switzerland 0