Kurdish language
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5.1
- noun
:
idioma kurdo
- The Kurdish language, which as little as two years ago was forbidden, is now taught in state schools.
- use of the Kurdish language
- ban on Kurdish language
Examples
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Two articles ban the spoken and written use of the Kurdish language without specifically referring to it.
Academic text (2004) -
On 14 December 1999, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ismail Cem spoke in favor of lifting the ban on Kurdish language broadcasts.
Academic text (2000) -
Teaching the Kurdish language was previously forbidden.
Blog text (13) -
As Yavuz argued: "To achieve this goal, he introduced a set of bills including one designed to remove restrictions on the Kurdish language."
Academic text (2002) -
The increased importance of written language has helped to overcome, to some extent, the linguistic pluralism within the Kurdish language.
Blog text (20) -
While the Ottoman Empire had tolerated the Kurdish language, the Turkish Republic outlawed it for a long time.
Academic text (1999) -
The Kurdish language variants are only partially understandable for those of other linguistic backgrounds, a situation that creates more divisions within Kurdish society.
Academic text (2004) -
They also banned the use of the Kurdish language in schools and in the media, and in other ways tried to extirpate Kurdish cultural separateness within the Turkish state.
Blog text (20) -
The Turgut Zal era in Turkey witnessed a departure from the traditional policy line and a number of new measures. Zal explicitly recognized the Kurds as a distinct ethnic group and made a serious effort to lift the ban on the use of the Kurdish language.
Academic text (2002) -
The Kurdish language is spoken by millions of people across Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
Synonyms
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7.4
A language people in parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria speak
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Kurdish' (relating to the Kurdish people/region) combined with 'language' (a system of communication) yields 'the language spoken by Kurdish people', which a B1 learner knowing both constituents can infer. The adjective + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular noun phrase semantics, so the MWE is immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Kurdish language comes from the name of the Kurdish people; Kurdish means 'related to the Kurds' and language means the way people speak, so the phrase simply names the speech of the Kurdish people.