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Arapaho language

Arapaho language

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A Native American language spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains
  • noun
: lengua arapaho
  • Few people today are fluent speakers of the Arapaho language.

Examples

  • Efforts are underway to teach the Arapaho language in local schools.

  • The dictionary project documents traditional words in the Arapaho language.

  • The Arapaho language is rich in history.

  • Many people are learning the Arapaho language today.

  • Efforts are underway to teach the Arapaho language in local schools.

  • Few people today are fluent speakers of the Arapaho language.

  • The dictionary project documents traditional words in the Arapaho language.

Synonyms

Arapaho
vsArapaho language
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A language of the Arapaho people from the North American plains

specifies the language as tied to the Great Plains region
Arapahoe
vsArapaho language
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A Native American language spoken by a Plains people in Colorado, Wyoming, and Oklahoma

states it is still used now rather than only in the past
Arapahoe language
vsArapaho language
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A Native American language that Arapaho people speak in the United States

focuses on a specific Great Plains region rather than the whole country

Surface Forms

Arapaho language singular
Arapaho languages plural

Morphology

Arapaho + language

This phrase is fully compositional: 'Arapaho' is the name of a people/language and 'language' denotes a spoken system, so together they mean 'the language of the Arapaho people.' The structure 'X language' is a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern and presents no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner knowing both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Arapaho language takes its name from the Arapaho people. Early visitors called the tribe Arapaho, so their speech came to be called the Arapaho language, meaning 'the language spoken by the Arapaho people'.