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Kuki language

Kuki language

9.9
A group of languages spoken in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India
  • noun
translation icon : idioma Kuki
  • There are several dialects within the Kuki language family spoken across Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Examples

  • Many people in northeast India speak the Kuki language as their mother tongue.

  • Linguists study the Kuki language to understand the diversity of Tibeto-Burman languages.

  • The Kuki language is rich in cultural expressions.

  • Have you ever studied the Kuki languages?

  • Linguists study the Kuki language to understand the diversity of Tibeto-Burman languages.

  • Many people in northeast India speak the Kuki language as their mother tongue.

  • There are several dialects within the Kuki language family spoken across Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Synonyms

Chin
vsKuki language
16 9.9

A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh, and eastern India

is the same concept but may be used with a different label
Kuki
vsKuki language
9.9

A group of related languages spoken in parts of Myanmar, Bangladesh, and eastern India

is identical in meaning and regional scope to that name
Kuki-Chin
vsKuki language
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India

is the same group term without stressing internal relations
Kuki-Chin language
vsKuki language
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeast India

focuses on the whole group rather than individual member languages
Chin language
vsKuki language
9.9

A language spoken by the Chin people in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India

is the same linguistic group but without singling out an ethnic user

Surface Forms

Kuki language singular
Kuki languages plural

Morphology

Kuki + language

The meaning 'a language of the Kuki people' is directly and transparently derived from the proper noun 'Kuki' combined with 'language' (i.e., the language spoken by Kuki people). This compositional pattern 'X language = language of X' is cross-linguistically common and would be comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Kuki language may come from the name of the Kuki people who live in parts of Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India. So it means a 'group of related local languages' those people speak.