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Chagga language

Chagga language

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A language spoken by the Chagga people in northern Tanzania
  • noun
: idioma chagga
  • She wrote her dissertation on verb structure in the Chagga language.

Examples

  • The Chagga language is studied by linguists interested in Bantu languages.

  • Many older members of the community still speak Chagga language at home.

  • The Chagga language is rich in proverbs.

  • Many people are learning the Chagga language today.

  • Many older members of the community still speak Chagga language at home.

  • She wrote her dissertation on verb structure in the Chagga language.

  • The Chagga language is studied by linguists interested in Bantu languages.

Synonyms

Chagga
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A language spoken by people on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania

is the full form that includes the word meaning language
Chaga language
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A language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania

is the same name but spells it with double g
Chaga
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A language spoken by the Chaga people on Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania

is the same name but uses double g and adds the language word
Kichaga language
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A language spoken by the Chaga people on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania

is the same name but written without the initial K
Kichaga
vsChagga language
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A language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania

is the same name written without the initial K

Surface Forms

Chagga language singular
Chagga languages plural

Morphology

Chagga + language

This is a fully compositional noun phrase: 'Chagga' names an ethnic group/people or their tongue and 'language' denotes a speech system, so 'Chagga language' straightforwardly means the language of the Chagga. The form 'X language' is a productive, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Chagga language comes from the name of the Chagga people who live on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. Picture small mountain villages where people used their own words, so Chagga came to mean the 'language' those people speak.