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Kui language

Kui language

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A language spoken by the Kui people in southeastern India
  • noun
: idioma kui
  • The Kui language is mainly spoken in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

Examples

  • Many children in the village learn the Kui language at school.

  • She conducted research on the grammar of the Kui language.

  • Several folk songs are preserved in the Kui language.

  • The Kui language is primarily spoken in Odisha.

  • The Kui language is mainly spoken in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

  • Many children in the village learn the Kui language at school.

  • She conducted research on the grammar of the Kui language.

Synonyms

Kui
vsKui language
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A language spoken by people in southeastern India, mainly in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

is the full phrase that explicitly calls it a language

Surface Forms

Kui language singular
Kui languages plural

Morphology

Kui + language

The phrase is a straightforward composition of the proper name 'Kui' (a named Dravidian speech community or its language) plus the noun 'language', so its meaning — the language called Kui spoken by the Kui people — is directly derivable from the parts. This follows the common cross-linguistic naming pattern 'X language', making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Kui language gets its name from the Kui people of southeastern India. Language simply means their way of speaking, so Kui language means 'the speech of the Kui people'.