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Vogul language

Vogul language

9.9
A language related to Hungarian spoken by the Mansi people in western Siberia
  • noun
  • Archaic
: idioma vogul
  • The Vogul language is one of the few surviving Ugric languages besides Hungarian.

Examples

  • The Vogul language is unique to the Mansi people.

  • She wrote her thesis on the phonetic structure of the Vogul language.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the endangered Vogul language among minority communities.

  • Many linguists study the Vogul language for its distinct phonetics.

  • Efforts are being made to preserve the endangered Vogul language among minority communities.

  • She wrote her thesis on the phonetic structure of the Vogul language.

  • The Vogul language is one of the few surviving Ugric languages besides Hungarian.

Synonyms

Mansi
vsVogul language
1 9.9

A language related to Hungarian that is spoken by the Mansi people in western Siberia

is the older traditional label rather than the modern name
Vogul
vsVogul language
  • Archaic
9.9

A language related to Hungarian spoken by the Mansi in western Siberia

is the same meaning but expressed as the full labeled language phrase
Mansi language
vsVogul language
9.9

A language spoken in western Siberia by the Mansi people, related to Hungarian

is the traditional label rather than the people's name

Surface Forms

Vogul language singular
Vogul languages plural

Morphology

Vogul + language

This is a straightforward noun + noun composition: 'Vogul' names a people/language and 'language' denotes the speech system, so the phrase simply means 'the language spoken by the Vogul (Mansi) people.' This compositional pattern (X language = the language of X) is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately understandable to a learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The name Vogul language comes from the word Vogul, which Russian travelers used for the people now called 'Mansi' who live in western Siberia. So Vogul language simply means the language of those people and is related to Hungarian.