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Hopi

Hopi

9.9
The language of the Native American people in northeastern Arizona
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊpi/
translation icon : idioma hopi
  • The Hopi language, spoken by the Hopi people, has a unique structure and vocabulary.

Examples

  • Many researchers study Hopi to understand its role in the Uto-Aztecan language family.

  • I mean, we have Hopi, we have, I'm sure Buddhism has accounts of the world in which you know how the world came into existence.

  • Children in the Hopi community learn their language through stories and cultural traditions.

Synonyms

Hopi language
vsHopi
9.8

A language spoken by the Hopi people in northeastern Arizona

is the same meaning but uses a shorter single-word form

Compounds

Hopi language
9.8

A language spoken by the Hopi people in northeastern Arizona

Surface Forms

Hopi singular
Hopis plural

Etymology

Hopi is the name the people use for themselves and for their language, and it means 'peaceful person'. So the Hopi language is simply the speech of those 'peaceful people' in northeastern Arizona.