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| Delodephius Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 5203 days ago 342 posts - 501 votes  Speaks: Slovak*, Serbo-Croatian*, EnglishC1, Czech Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 1 of 15 14 April 2010 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you natively speak a dialect of one language that is quite different from the standard language but you are fluent in that one too, it's called diglossia, right? If so, how do you describe yourself? Diglossic?
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| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5139 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 15 14 April 2010 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am pretty sure it is Diglossic.
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| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5632 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 3 of 15 14 April 2010 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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diglossic
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| Delodephius Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 5203 days ago 342 posts - 501 votes Speaks: Slovak*, Serbo-Croatian*, EnglishC1, Czech Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 4 of 15 14 April 2010 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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So I would say my Slovak is diglossic or I'm diglossic in Slovak?
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| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5496 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 5 of 15 14 April 2010 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | ||
No, to my knowledge, you would just say you are bilingual in Slovak. Diglossic usually refers to the situation as a whole. So a particular language community can exhibit diglossia or be diglossic, but generally an individual cannot. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5181 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 6 of 15 15 April 2010 at 2:21am | IP Logged | ||
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I think the situation in Québec is such that most speakers are diglossic, or bidialectal,
since the written language is quite different from the spoken one. I certainly feel that way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5222 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 15 15 April 2010 at 5:19am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm almost triglossic I guess. I obviously understand and can speak standard English, but I can understand and speak Southern English and to some extent ebonics.
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| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5139 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 8 of 15 16 April 2010 at 12:12am | IP Logged | ||
I am also triglossic for the same reason. However I comprehend ebonics very well. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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