Khoikhoin language
- noun
- Researchers are working to document the Khoikhoin language before it disappears.
Examples
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The museum's exhibit featured recordings of the Khoikhoin language alongside cultural artifacts.
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Some elders in the village still speak the Khoikhoin language fluently.
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The Khoikhoin language is rich in history.
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Many people are learning the Khoikhoin language today.
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Some elders in the village still speak the Khoikhoin language fluently.
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Researchers are working to document the Khoikhoin language before it disappears.
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The museum's exhibit featured recordings of the Khoikhoin language alongside cultural artifacts.
Synonyms
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A group of people from Namibia and South Africa who raise animals and speak languages with click sounds
A language spoken by the Khoikhoi people in Namibia and South Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining the proper noun 'Khoikhoin' (the group/languages of the Khoikhoi) with 'language' (a named spoken system), so the meaning 'the language(s) of the Khoikhoin people' is directly derivable from its parts. This composition is a common and transparent pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Khoikhoin language comes from the name of the Khoikhoin people, a group of herders in Namibia and South Africa. It simply means the 'language of the Khoikhoin', the speech those people use.