Hualapai language
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- Efforts are underway to preserve the Hualapai language for future generations.
Examples
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Linguists have documented the grammar of the Hualapai language.
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Many children are learning the Hualapai language in school.
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She is learning to speak Hualapai language to connect with her ancestors.
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The Hualapai language is rich in cultural significance.
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Efforts are underway to preserve the Hualapai language for future generations.
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Linguists have documented the grammar of the Hualapai language.
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Many children are learning the Hualapai language in school.
Synonyms
A language the Hualapai people speak in northwestern Arizona in the United States
A Native American language spoken by the Hualapai people in northwest Arizona
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the language spoken by the Hualapai people' is directly derivable from combining the proper name 'Hualapai' with the noun 'language' (the language of X). This compositional proper-name + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Hualapai language comes from the name Hualapai and the word language. It simply means the Native American language the Hualapai people speak, so the phrase points to the group's own way of speaking.