monolingualism
Noun
Meaning
monolingualism (countable and uncountable, plural monolingualisms)
The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language.
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Four of Chiapas' indigenous languages Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojolabal and Chol are high-vitality languages, meaning that a high percentage of these ethnicities speak the language and that there is a high rate of monolingualism in it.
But with the ideology that made one people, one state, and one language the most desirable political arrangement, monolingualism started to spread throughout the world.