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Mohave language

Mohave language

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A Native American Yuman language spoken by the Mohave people in the southwestern United States
  • noun
  • /moʊˈhɑːv/
translation icon : idioma mojave
  • She is proud to teach her grandchildren the basics of the Mohave language.

Examples

  • Few people today are fluent in the Mohave language, making revitalization efforts essential.

  • Linguists study the Mohave language to better understand Yuman language structures.

  • The Mohave language is rich in history.

  • Many people are learning the Mohave language today.

  • Linguists study the Mohave language to better understand Yuman language structures.

  • Few people today are fluent in the Mohave language, making revitalization efforts essential.

  • She is proud to teach her grandchildren the basics of the Mohave language.

Synonyms

Mojave language
vsMohave language
9.9

A Native American language spoken by the Mohave people along the Lower Colorado River in the southwest United States

is the Yuman language spoken across the wider southwestern United States
Mojave
vsMohave language
9.9

A Native American language spoken by the people of the Colorado River area

is the same language but named for its traditional ties to that community

Surface Forms

Mohave language singular
Mohave languages plural

Morphology

Mohave + language

The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'Mohave' (a group/place name) + 'language' yields 'the language spoken by the Mohave people.' This pattern (X language = the language of X) is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Mohave language comes from the people called Mohave, and one popular story says their own word meant 'people who live along the river'. So Mohave language simply means the language spoken by those people today.