Comanche language

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The way the Comanche people speak

noun

: idioma comanche

There are ongoing efforts to revitalize the Comanche language among younger generations.

Examples

Few people today are fluent speakers of the Comanche language.
She studied the Comanche language as part of her research on Native American cultures.
The Comanche language is rich in history.
Many young people are learning the Comanche language today.
There are ongoing efforts to revitalize the Comanche language among younger generations.
Many young people are learning the Comanche language today.
She studied the Comanche language as part of her research on Native American cultures.

Synonyms

Comanche

vsComanche language

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A Native American language spoken by a Southern Plains tribe now mostly in Oklahoma

is the fuller multiword phrase used for the same language

Surface Forms

Comanche language singular

Comanche languages plural

Morphology

Comanche + language

This is a straightforward compositional noun + 'language' construction: it denotes the language spoken by the Comanche people. A B1 learner who knows the proper name 'Comanche' and the noun 'language' can directly infer the meaning, and the pattern 'X language = language of X' is cross-linguistically common.

Etymology

Comanche language names the speech of the Comanche, a Native American group long known for riding horses across the plains. So Comanche + language simply means 'the way the Comanche people speak'.