Meaning Of The Word Diglossia

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What's The Definition Of Diglossia?

diglossia in American English
noun: 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

diglossia in British English
noun: the existence in a language of a high, or socially prestigious, and a low, or everyday, form, as German and Swiss German in Switzerland

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