Yuma language
- noun
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idioma yuma
- Revitalization efforts aim to teach the Yuma language to younger generations in local schools.
Examples
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She grew up listening to traditional stories told in the Yuma language by her grandparents.
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Linguists have documented the grammar and vocabulary of the Yuma language for research and preservation.
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The Yuma language is spoken by the Yuma people.
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Many children in Yuma learn the Yuma language at school.
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Linguists have documented the grammar and vocabulary of the Yuma language for research and preservation.
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Revitalization efforts aim to teach the Yuma language to younger generations in local schools.
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She grew up listening to traditional stories told in the Yuma language by her grandparents.
Synonyms
A Native American language once spoken along the lower Colorado River
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward naming construction: a proper noun denoting a people or place ('Yuma') combined with 'language' yields 'the language of the Yuma people'. The compositional pattern (X language = language spoken by X) is cross-linguistically common and easily predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Yuma language comes from the name of the Yuma people: Yuma is the group's name and language means the way they talk. So Yuma language simply means 'the way the Yuma people speak' and is used to refer to their words and grammar.
