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The well-known flâneur Nassim Taleb used the word ‘diglossic’ in a tweet:
.@thealikhanafer Arabs don't read; those who read are diglossic & don't do so in Arabic. I sold <2K Black Swan in Arabic, >100K in Italian!
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 15, 2017
From Wiktionary—diglossic:
Adjective
- Of or relating to diglossia.
- Using two languages or dialects together.
From Wiktionary—diglossia:
Noun
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. The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.
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