Cheyenne language
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- noun
- Many Cheyenne people are working to preserve the Cheyenne language for future generations.
Examples
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As more and more communication took place in English, "Those in my generation who speak the Cheyenne language are quite possibly the last generation able to joke in our own language."
Academic text (2004) -
He taught me to read a trail, Cheyenne language and lots of other things.
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In school, we learned about the grammar rules of the Cheyenne language and its unique sounds.
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The Cheyenne language has its own distinct words for many cultural concepts that are important to the Cheyenne people.
Synonyms
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A Native American language spoken by people of the Great Plains
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people' is directly and transparently derived from combining the proper noun 'Cheyenne' (name of the people/language) with 'language' (a named spoken system). This demonym+language composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Cheyenne language gets its name from the Cheyenne people. The name Cheyenne may come from a word used by nearby tribes meaning 'little Cree', so Cheyenne language simply means the way of speaking of the Cheyenne people.