Burmese-Yi language
- noun
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idioma burmés-yi
- The Burmese-Yi language is spoken by several ethnic groups in northern Myanmar.
Examples
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Many children in Yunnan grow up bilingual, speaking both Chinese and the Burmese-Yi language.
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Researchers are working to preserve oral histories in the Burmese-Yi language.
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The Burmese-Yi language is fascinating.
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Many people in northern Myanmar speak the Burmese-Yi language.
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Many children in Yunnan grow up bilingual, speaking both Chinese and the Burmese-Yi language.
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Researchers are working to preserve oral histories in the Burmese-Yi language.
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The Burmese-Yi language is spoken by several ethnic groups in northern Myanmar.
Synonyms
A language spoken in northern Myanmar and Yunnan, China
Surface Forms
Morphology
Burmese-Yi + language
The phrase combines a proper-name compound (Burmese-Yi) with the noun 'language', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it denotes the language associated with the Burmese-Yi group. Naming languages by ethnicity/region is a common, compositional pattern across languages, so the basic meaning is directly derivable even if specific geographic details require extra knowledge.
Etymology
Burmese-Yi language gets its name from the two groups and places where people speak it: Burmese (from Myanmar) and Yi (an ethnic group in Yunnan, China). That name shows it is the language spoken across northern Myanmar and Yunnan, so it refers to the language used by those communities.
