Kalka language
- noun
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idioma Kalka
- The Kalka language is the official language of Mongolia.
Examples
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The Kalka language is spoken by the majority of people in Mongolia.
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She is fluent in both Russian and the Kalka language.
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Many historical documents from Mongolia are written in the Kalka language.
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Many people in Mongolia speak the Kalka language fluently.
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The Kalka language is the official language of Mongolia.
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The Kalka language is spoken by the majority of people in Mongolia.
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She is fluent in both Russian and the Kalka language.
Synonyms
The standard form of Mongolian spoken in Mongolia by the Khalkha people
A Mongolian language spoken by the Khalkha people and used as Mongolia's official language
A dialect of Mongolian used as Mongolia's official language
A Mongolian language spoken by most people in Mongolia
Surface Forms
Morphology
This noun phrase is compositional: knowing 'Kalka' (the ethnic/group name) plus 'language' lets a learner infer it denotes the language spoken by the Kalka people. The pattern 'X language' is cross-linguistically common and follows a transparent naming convention, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the meaning.
Etymology
Kalka language may come from the name of the Khalkha people, the largest group in Mongolia, whose way of speaking became the common speech. That's why Kalka language came to mean the country's 'standard' or 'official' language.
