Entsy language
- noun
- The Entsy language is considered severely endangered due to its declining number of speakers.
Examples
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Linguists are studying the grammar and vocabulary of the Entsy language.
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He recorded folk tales in the Entsy language for an ethnographic project.
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The Entsy language is unique to the Enets people.
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Many linguists study the Entsy language for its distinct features.
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Linguists are studying the grammar and vocabulary of the Entsy language.
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The Entsy language is considered severely endangered due to its declining number of speakers.
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Many linguists study the Entsy language for its distinct features.
Synonyms
A language spoken by the Enets people in Siberia
A language spoken by the Enets people in northern Siberia
A language spoken by the Enets people in northern Siberia, Russia
A language spoken by the Enets people in northern Siberia
A language spoken by the Entsi people of Siberia
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward composition of a proper name and the noun 'language'; if a learner knows 'Entsy' (the name) and 'language' they can directly infer it refers to the language of the Enets people. Proper-name + language combinations are cross-linguistically common and follow normal compositional patterns, so no idiomatic knowledge is required.
Etymology
Entsy language comes from the name of the Enets people in Siberia and the word language. It simply means 'the language the Enets speak', so the phrase points to that people's speech.
