bilingual region
Dual-language zone
A bilingual region is an area where two languages have official status or widespread everyday use.
Canada's designation of officially bilingual regions requires government services in both English and French.
Belgium divides into Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia, and the bilingual Brussels region.
Growing up in a bilingual region, she switched between languages without thinking.
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
- border townsSettlements at national edges
- colonial legacyEnduring impact of occupation
- diglossiaCoexisting language varieties, distinct roles
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
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