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Dafla language

Dafla language

9.9
A language spoken by the Dafla people in northeast India
  • noun
  • Specialized
: idioma dafla
  • The Dafla language is endangered, with only a few thousand speakers remaining.

Examples

  • Linguists have documented several dialects within the Dafla language.

  • Many children in Arunachal Pradesh learn the Dafla language.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the ancient stories told in the Dafla language.

  • The Dafla language is rich in culture.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the ancient stories told in the Dafla language.

  • Linguists have documented several dialects within the Dafla language.

  • The Dafla language is endangered, with only a few thousand speakers remaining.

Synonyms

Dafla
vsDafla language
9.9

A group of related languages spoken by the Nyishi people in northeastern India

is the language or group spoken by a different local people not the Nyishi

Surface Forms

Dafla language singular
Dafla languages plural

Morphology

Dafla + language

This is a straightforward noun phrase where the meaning 'the language spoken by the Dafla people' is directly compositional from the proper name 'Dafla' and the noun 'language'. The pattern X + language (meaning 'the language of X') is a common and cross-linguistically transparent construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Dafla language is named after the Dafla people who live in the hills of northeast India. The name simply means the 'language' or 'speech' of that community, so it is used to talk about how those people speak.