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Potawatomi language

Potawatomi language

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A language the Potawatomi people speak near the Great Lakes
  • noun
: idioma potawatomi
  • A new dictionary project aims to preserve the Potawatomi language for younger generations.

Examples

  • Few people today are fluent speakers of the Potawatomi language.

  • Many traditional stories have been recorded in the Potawatomi language.

  • The Potawatomi language is rich in history.

  • Many children are learning the Potawatomi language today.

  • A new dictionary project aims to preserve the Potawatomi language for younger generations.

  • Few people today are fluent speakers of the Potawatomi language.

  • Many traditional stories have been recorded in the Potawatomi language.

Synonyms

Potawatomi
vsPotawatomi language
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A Native American language once spoken around the Great Lakes

specifies it as spoken by those people in the Great Lakes region

Surface Forms

Potawatomi language singular
Potawatomi languages plural

Morphology

Potawatomi + language

The phrase is a straightforward combination of the proper noun 'Potawatomi' and the noun 'language', so its meaning ('the language of the Potawatomi people') is directly derivable from the constituents. The name+language compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, making this immediately comprehensible to a learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Potawatomi language is named after the Potawatomi people; their own name means 'keepers of the fire' because they kept a shared fire for talks and meetings. So Potawatomi language simply means the language that those people speak.