DIGLOSSIA

Etymology

Noun

diglossia (uncountable)

(linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.

Coordinate term: digraphia

(pathology) The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

Synonyms: bifid tongue, cleft tongue

Source: Wiktionary



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SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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