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Kotoko language

Kotoko language

9.9
A language spoken by the Kotoko people south of Lake Chad along the lower Chari and Logone rivers
  • noun
: idioma kotoko
  • Several villages in Cameroon and Chad use the Kotoko language as their primary means of communication.

Examples

  • Linguists have documented the Kotoko language as part of the wider Chadic family.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the Kotoko language among younger generations.

  • The Kotoko language is rich in oral traditions.

  • Many people in Chad speak the Kotoko language.

  • Linguists have documented the Kotoko language as part of the wider Chadic family.

  • Several villages in Cameroon and Chad use the Kotoko language as their primary means of communication.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the Kotoko language among younger generations.

Synonyms

Kotoko
vsKotoko language
9.9

A language spoken south of Lake Chad, mainly along the lower Chari and Logone rivers

is the fuller explicit phrase rather than the shorter name

Surface Forms

Kotoko language singular
Kotoko languages plural

Morphology

Kotoko + language

This is a straightforward composition of a proper name 'Kotoko' with the noun 'language', indicating the language spoken by the Kotoko people. Naming languages with the pattern <ethnic/place name> + language is a regular, cross-linguistic and fully compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun Kotoko language comes from the name of the Kotoko people who live along the rivers south of Lake Chad. So, it means the language those people speak.