Cocopah language
- noun
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idioma cocopah
- She learned to recite traditional stories in the Cocopah language from her grandmother.
Examples
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Linguists are working to document and preserve the Cocopah language before it is lost.
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Many people are learning the Cocopah language to preserve their culture.
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Courses teaching the Cocopah language are now offered at the tribal community center.
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The Cocopah language is spoken by the Cocopah tribe.
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Courses teaching the Cocopah language are now offered at the tribal community center.
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Linguists are working to document and preserve the Cocopah language before it is lost.
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Many people are learning the Cocopah language to preserve their culture.
Synonyms
The language spoken by a Native American people who live near the lower Colorado River
A Native American language of the Cocopa people along the lower Colorado River in the US and Mexico
A Native American language spoken near the lower Colorado River
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is compositional: a proper name (Cocopah) combined with the noun 'language' yields 'the language of the Cocopah people', which is directly derivable from the constituents. The pattern proper-name + language is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Cocopah language is named after the Cocopah people who live by the Colorado River. It means the 'language' spoken by that community, which is why the name refers to the language they speak in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
