Cocopa language
- noun
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idioma cocopa
- The Cocopa language is considered endangered, with only a few fluent speakers remaining today.
Examples
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Researchers have compiled dictionaries to help preserve the Cocopa language for future generations.
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Many traditional stories were originally told in the Cocopa language, reflecting the culture’s rich oral history.
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The Cocopa language is unique to its speakers.
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Many young people are learning the Cocopa language.
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Many traditional stories were originally told in the Cocopa language, reflecting the culture’s rich oral history.
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Researchers have compiled dictionaries to help preserve the Cocopa language for future generations.
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The Cocopa language is considered endangered, with only a few fluent speakers remaining today.
Synonyms
The language spoken by a Native American people who live near the lower Colorado River
A Native American language spoken near the lower Colorado River
A Native American language spoken by the Cocopah people in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward composition of a proper noun (Cocopa) with the noun 'language', so the phrase literally means 'the language of the Cocopa people'. The pattern "X language" is cross-linguistically common and fully compositional, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cocopa language comes from the Cocopa people who live along the lower Colorado River in the United States and Mexico. The word Cocopa may come from their own word for 'people' or the name of their home, so Cocopa language simply means 'the language spoken by the Cocopa people'.
