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Giriama language

Giriama language

9.9
An African language spoken by the Giriama people on Kenya's east coast
  • noun
: idioma giriama
  • The Giriama language is spoken by over half a million people along Kenya's coast.

Examples

  • She is proud to teach her children the Giriama language to preserve their heritage.

  • Scholars have published several works on the grammar of the Giriama language.

  • The Giriama language is rich in proverbs.

  • Many people in Kenya speak the Giriama language.

  • The Giriama language is spoken by over half a million people along Kenya's coast.

  • She is proud to teach her children the Giriama language to preserve their heritage.

  • Scholars have published several works on the grammar of the Giriama language.

Synonyms

Giriama
vsGiriama language
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A language spoken on the coast of eastern Kenya

specifies that the language is primarily used by the local ethnic group

Surface Forms

Giriama language singular
Giriama languages plural

Morphology

Giriama + language

The phrase combines an ethnic/place name 'Giriama' with the noun 'language' to mean 'the language of the Giriama people', a meaning directly derivable from the constituents. This agent–noun + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Giriama language comes from the Giriama people who live on Kenya's east coast. So, it simply means 'the language of the Giriama people' and refers to the speech they use in that region.