Blackfoot language
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- The Blackfoot language is an important part of cultural preservation efforts.
Examples
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She learned traditional stories told in the Blackfoot language from her grandparents.
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The Blackfoot language is rich in history.
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He is fluent in the Blackfoot language and teaches it at the local university.
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Many children are learning the Blackfoot language today.
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The Blackfoot language is an essential part of the cultural identity of the Blackfoot people.
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Many efforts are being made to preserve the Blackfoot language for future generations.
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In school, students learn to speak the Blackfoot language as part of their cultural education.
Synonyms
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The language spoken by the Blackfoot people
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining the proper name 'Blackfoot' (denoting the Blackfoot people or their name) with 'language' yields 'the language of the Blackfoot people.' This X + language construction is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Blackfoot language takes its name from the people called Blackfoot; one popular story says other groups called them 'black foot' because they often wore dark moccasins, so that phrase became the people's 'name' and then the name for their 'language'.