Polyglossia

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Polyglossia ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|ˈ|ɡ|l|ɒ|s|i|ə}}) refers to the coexistence of multiple languages (or distinct varieties of the same language) in one society or area. The term implies a living interaction among multiple languages within a single cultural system, producing significant effects on that culture.{{cite book |last1=Holquist |first1=Michael |last2=Emerson |first2=Caryl |title=The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays of M.M. Bakhtin (Glossary) |date=1981 |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=431 }} The word was used in a number of anthropology journals in the 1970s referencing multilingual communities in Malaysia, Singapore and the Caucasus region.{{Cite web|title=Results for 'polyglossia' > 'Article' [WorldCat.org]|url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=polyglossia&fq=dt:art&dblist=638&qt=sort&se=yr&sd=asc&qt=sort_yr_asc|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.worldcat.org|language=en}}