polyglossia

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What does polyglossia mean?

The coexistence of multiple languages in the same geographic area.

Where does polyglossia come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -glossia English polyglossia From poly- + -glossia.

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