diglottism

noun

diglottism

noun

UK /daɪˈɡlɒtɪzəm/

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

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Usually bilingualism

  • there are two of these diglottisms in a single line1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
Related terms
diglossia

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