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Multilingualism vs Diglossia - What's the difference?

multilingualism | diglossia |

As nouns the difference between multilingualism and diglossia

is that multilingualism is condition of being able to speak several languages while 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.

multilingualism

English

Noun

(wikipedia multilingualism) (en-noun)
  • condition of being able to speak several languages

    • Related terms

    * monolingualism * bilingualism * trilingualism

    diglossia

    English

    (wikipedia diglossia)

    Alternative forms

    * (linguistics)diglossy

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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