Diglossia facts for kids
Diglossia is when a group of people have two languages or dialects that they use. One is the common language they use every day, and the other is either a much older version from centuries before (for example, Arabic or Chinese) or a similar but clearly different modern-day version (for example, Norwegian with Bokmål and Nynorsk).
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Portuguese (H) and Cape Verdean Creole (L) diglossia in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Portuguese can be read on the upper sign, while Creole is written on the two beer advertisements.
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