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Kota language

Kota language

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A language spoken by the Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India
  • noun
: idioma kota
  • Only a few hundred people still speak the Kota language today.

Examples

  • Linguists are working to document the Kota language before it disappears.

  • The Kota language has unique phonetic features compared to other Dravidian languages.

  • The Kota language is rich in history.

  • Many people are learning the Kota language today.

  • Linguists are working to document the Kota language before it disappears.

  • Only a few hundred people still speak the Kota language today.

  • The Kota language has unique phonetic features compared to other Dravidian languages.

Synonyms

Kotar
vsKota language
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A language spoken by the Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India

is narrower by locating speech in the Nilgiri Hills
Kota
vsKota language
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A language spoken by the Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India

is the same but states it as the language explicitly
Kotar language
vsKota language
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A language spoken by the Kota people in southern India

is narrower, specifying the Nilgiri Hills location

Surface Forms

Kota language singular
Kota languages plural

Morphology

Kota + language

The meaning (the language spoken by the Kota people) is directly derivable from combining the proper noun 'Kota' (the community/name) with 'language' (a system of speech). The 'X language' construction is fully compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Kota language gets its name from the Kota people who live in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India. So Kota language simply means the 'speech' of the Kota people.