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What is diglossia in the Iraqi Arabic context?
A
Speaking Arabic and Kurdish at once
B
Replacing speech with signs
C
Using a formal Arabic variety and a different everyday spoken variety
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D
Writing every word twice
Formal Modern Standard Arabic coexists with colloquial Iraqi Arabic.
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