複ふく舌ぜつ

noun

diglossia

Rare linguistic term for a situation where two varieties of a language coexist in a community, with one used for formal contexts and the other for everyday speech. The more common term is ダイグロシア.

See also: ダイグロシア

• 複ふく舌ぜつは、ある社しゃ会かいで二ふたつの言げん語ご変へん種しゅが使つかい分わけられる現げん象しょうを指さす。

  Diglossia refers to the phenomenon where two language varieties are used in different situations within a society.

• 言げん語ご学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで複ふく舌ぜつの概がい念ねんを学まなんだ。

  I learned about the concept of diglossia in linguistics class.