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    How much do you know about Languages?

    What is diglossia?

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    The ability to speak two languages
    A situation in which two varieties of the same language coexist, each with different social functionsCorrect
    A speech disorder
    The mixture of two languages in the same sentence

    Diglossia is a sociolinguistic situation where two varieties of the same language coexist: a 'high' variety (formal, education, media) and a 'low' variety (everyday conversation). Examples include Standard Arabic vs. local dialects, or Greek katharevousa vs. demotic.