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San Carlos Apache language

San Carlos Apache language

9.9
An Apache language spoken in east-central Arizona on the San Carlos reservation
  • noun
translation icon : idioma apache de San Carlos
  • Many elders continue to speak the San Carlos Apache language as their first language.

Examples

  • Many children are learning the San Carlos Apache language in school.

  • Linguists have studied the San Carlos Apache language to better understand its structure and history.

  • Efforts to revitalize the San Carlos Apache language include teaching it in local schools.

  • The San Carlos Apache language is vital for cultural preservation.

  • Efforts to revitalize the San Carlos Apache language include teaching it in local schools.

  • Many elders continue to speak the San Carlos Apache language as their first language.

  • The San Carlos Apache language is vital for cultural preservation.

Synonyms

San Carlos Apache
vsSan Carlos Apache language
9.9

A form of the Apache language that people speak on reservations in east-central Arizona

is tied to particular local reservations rather than to reservations in general

Surface Forms

San Carlos Apache language singular
San Carlos Apache languages plural

Morphology

San + Carlos + Apache + language

The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'Apache' identifies the ethnic/language group and 'language' names the speech system, while 'San Carlos' functions as a place-name specifier indicating the regional variety. The pattern 'X language' is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would infer this refers to the Apache language associated with the San Carlos area.

Etymology

San Carlos Apache language comes from the people and the place: the Apache people who live on the San Carlos reservation in Arizona speak this 'local variety'. So the name simply means the Apache language of that area.