Definition of Diglossic. Meaning of Diglossic. Synonyms of Diglossic

- be the case that Swiss German was once consensually agreed to be in a diglossic hierarchy with Standard German, but that this consensus is now breaking...
- cultures, or other communities which sources describe as featuring a diglossic language situation. In the United States, Standard English is considered...
- almost always used instead of dialect for written communication (c.f. diglossic usage of a language). Conversely, in the French-speaking regions, local...
- extinct languages. Those that are still in use today tend to show highly diglossic characteristics in areas where they are used, as the difference between...
- dialects. As of the December 2010 census, 69.3% of the po****tion speaks diglossic Swiss German/Swiss Standard German as their mother-tongue at home. Some...
- language. Historian Nikolaos Oikonomides states that Gr**** for a time became diglossic with the spoken language, known as Koine (later, Demotic Gr****), used...
- Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively. Arabic is a Semitic language...
- interchangeable endonyms. Burmese is a diglossic language; "Bamar" is the diglossic low form of "Myanmar," which is the diglossic high equivalent. The term "Myanmar"...
- speakers are usually able to communicate in MSA in formal situations. This diglossic situation facilitates code-switching in which a speaker switches back...
- therefore considered an exceptional descendant of Arabic that has no diglossic relationship with Standard Arabic or classical Arabic. Maltese is different...