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Definition of exoglossic in English:
exoglossic
adjective
LinguisticsDenoting or relating to a nonindigenous language that is used as an official or second language in a particular country or community.
Compare with endoglossic- ‘Linguistically, what is today the Republic of India is an unfragmented, multilingual, part-exoglossic, multinational State.’
- ‘All the remaining states may be classified as exoglossic without a national language.’
Origin
1980s: from exo-, Greek glōssa language, tongue and -ic.
Pronunciation:
exoglossic
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