The fact that two languages or different varieties of a language coexist - with one form used for writing and another, quite different, for conversation - can make life hard for would-be students.

Because the two languages coexisted, it is often difficult to tell whether a particular borrowing is taken directly from English into Tlingit, or instead whether it was imported through the intermediary of Chinook Jargon.

The Ragusan literature in which Latin, Italian and Croatian languages coexisted blossomed in the 15th and 16th century.

The term is also used to identify systematic influences or a layer of borrowings in a given language from another language where the two languages coexist as separate entities.

Here you see that many languages can not only coexist but also babble around within a broad and vibrant vista of the world.

Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner throughout most of Poland, though numerous languages, speeches and dialects coexist along the standard Polish language.

In Queens alone 167 nationalities and 116 languages coexist.

Very few countries of Africa use any single language and for this reason several official languages coexist, African and European.

Parents and guardians must be able to choose the official language in which their children are to be educated in countries with more than one official language or where an official language and regional languages coexist.

Assamese language coexisted with Tai language in the court till the reign of Pratap Singha, during whose rule Assamese became dominant.