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Diglossia vs Idiolect - What's the difference?

diglossia | idiolect |

In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between diglossia and idiolect

is that diglossia is (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 while idiolect is (linguistics) the language variant used by a specific individual.

As nouns the difference between diglossia and idiolect

is that diglossia is (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 while idiolect is (linguistics) the language variant used by a specific individual.

diglossia

English

(wikipedia diglossia)

Alternative forms

* (linguistics)diglossy

Noun

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  • (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
  • (pathology) the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue

    • idiolect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.

    • Derived terms

    * idiolectic * idiolectical

    Related terms

    * dialect * ecolect * ethnolect * sociolect