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Kamba language

Kamba language

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A language spoken in eastern Kenya by the Kamba people
  • noun
: idioma kamba
  • She speaks the Kamba language fluently.

Examples

  • The Kamba language is taught in some schools in eastern Kenya.

  • The Kamba language is rich in proverbs.

  • Researchers studied the structure of the Kamba language as part of their linguistic fieldwork.

  • She is fluent in both English and Kamba language.

  • The Kamba language is taught in some schools in eastern Kenya.

  • Researchers studied the structure of the Kamba language as part of their linguistic fieldwork.

  • She is fluent in both English and Kamba language.

Synonyms

Kamba
vsKamba language
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A language spoken in eastern Kenya by the Kamba people

has identical meaning but uses the full phrase including the word language

Surface Forms

Kamba language singular

Morphology

Kamba + language

This is compositionally transparent: a proper name identifying a people ('Kamba') combined with 'language' straightforwardly denotes the language spoken by that group. Such proper-name + language constructions are cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Kamba language comes from the name of the Kamba people of Kenya and simply means the 'language of the Kamba', so Kamba language today refers to the language that this group speaks.