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Aku language

Aku language

9.9
A language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria
  • noun
: idioma Aku
  • The Aku language is closely associated with the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria.

Examples

  • Many cultural traditions are preserved through storytelling in the Aku language.

  • Linguists have documented the Aku language as a distinct member of the Kwa branch.

  • The Aku language is rich in proverbs.

  • Many children in Nigeria learn the Aku language at school.

  • Linguists have documented the Aku language as a distinct member of the Kwa branch.

  • Many cultural traditions are preserved through storytelling in the Aku language.

  • The Aku language is closely associated with the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria.

Synonyms

Yoruba
vsAku language
2 8.8

A West African language spoken mainly in southwest Nigeria and nearby areas

refers to a specific Kwa language spoken locally rather than the community's overall language
Yoruba language
vsAku language
1 6.5

A language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria and nearby countries

refers to one Kwa language used by that community rather than their main language
Aku
vsAku language
9.9

A language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria

is the fuller phrase that adds the word language

Surface Forms

Aku language singular
Aku languages plural

Morphology

Aku + language

This is a straightforward noun + noun composition: 'Aku' identifies a specific speech community or name and 'language' denotes a speech system, so together they simply refer to the language called Aku. This labeling pattern (X language = the language of X) is cross-linguistically common and fully predictable for learners who know both constituents.

Etymology

Aku language may come from a small group who called themselves Aku, and one popular story says they lived by a river and kept a special way of speaking. So today Aku language means the speech of that group and is used for the type of language spoken by those Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.