Nentsy language
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- There are educational programs aiming to revive the Nentsy language among younger generations.
Examples
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Many children are learning the Nentsy language at school.
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She wrote her thesis on the grammar and phonology of the Nentsy language.
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Linguists have been studying the Nentsy language to better understand Uralic language development.
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The Nentsy language is rich in vocabulary.
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Linguists have been studying the Nentsy language to better understand Uralic language development.
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She wrote her thesis on the grammar and phonology of the Nentsy language.
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Many children are learning the Nentsy language at school.
Synonyms
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
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A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
A language spoken by the Nenets people in northern Siberia
A language once spoken by the Samoyed people of northern Siberia, also called Nenets
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a transparent noun phrase: the meaning is directly derived from combining the proper name 'Nentsy' (the people/ethnic group) with 'language' (a system of speech), yielding 'the language of the Nentsy.' This compositional pattern (X language = the language spoken by X) is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Nentsy language is the language of the Nentsy people who live in northern Siberia. The name comes from the people, so it means 'the language they speak' and is used to name that community's language.