An Endogeous language is one that is used as a mother tongue in a community and may not be used for institutional purposes.
An Exogenous language is one that is used as an official, institutionalised language but has no speech community in the political entity using it officially. (English or French in African countries)
Hamers and Blanc (2000), Bilinguality and Bilingualism, Cambridge.
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So in other words, endogenous and esogenous bilingualism are a form of diglossia?
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