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Yenisei language

Yenisei language

9.9
A language people used to speak along the Yenisei River in Siberia
  • noun
  • Specialized
: idioma yeniseo
  • Few people today can read the surviving texts in the Yenisei language.

Examples

  • The Yenisei language is now extinct.

  • The Yenisei language is of great interest to linguists studying ancient Siberian cultures.

  • Most information about the Yenisei language comes from early explorers' records.

  • The Yenisei language was spoken by ancient tribes.

  • Most information about the Yenisei language comes from early explorers' records.

  • The Yenisei language is of great interest to linguists studying ancient Siberian cultures.

  • The Yenisei language was spoken by ancient tribes.

Synonyms

Yeniseian
vsYenisei language
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related languages from the Yenisei River area in Siberia

is a single extinct language formerly spoken along that river in Siberia
Yenisei-Samoyed language
vsYenisei language
  • Specialized
9.9

A language no longer spoken by the Yeniseian people in northern Siberia

belongs to a different language family not the Uralic group
Yenisei
vsYenisei language
  • Specialized
9.9

A language spoken by a small group of people in central Siberia

is an extinct language of a distinct local family not classified as Uralic

Surface Forms

Yenisei language singular
Yenisei languages plural

Morphology

Yenisei + language

The phrase is a straightforward composition of a proper name plus the noun 'language' — it denotes the language spoken by the Yenisei people or in the Yenisei region. This X + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Yenisei language is named after the Yenisei River in Siberia. People who lived by that river used the language, so the name helps us remember it was 'spoken along the Yenisei River' and is now 'extinct'.