Entsi language
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- The Entsi language is considered critically endangered, with only a few dozen native speakers remaining.
Examples
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Linguists have documented the grammar and vocabulary of the Entsi language to help preserve it.
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Efforts are underway to teach the Entsi language to younger generations in the community.
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The Entsi language is unique to Siberia.
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Many researchers study the Entsi language for its grammar.
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Efforts are underway to teach the Entsi language to younger generations in the community.
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Linguists have documented the grammar and vocabulary of the Entsi language to help preserve it.
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The Entsi language is considered critically endangered, with only a few dozen native speakers remaining.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'Entsi language' is a straightforward composition of a proper name (Entsi) and the noun 'language', so its meaning — the language spoken by the Entsi/Enets people — follows directly from the constituents. The ‘X language’ pattern is cross‑linguistically common and thus immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Entsi language comes from the name of the Entsi people in Siberia plus the word language. It simply means the 'language of the Entsi', which is why it refers to the Uralic tongue they speak.
