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Nganasan language

Nganasan language

9.9
A language spoken by the Nganasan people in northern Russia
  • noun
: idioma nganasan
  • The Nganasan language belongs to the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic language family.

Examples

  • Only a small number of speakers remain who are fluent in the Nganasan language.

  • Linguists have documented the Nganasan language to preserve its unique features for future generations.

  • The Nganasan language is unique to the Taymyr Peninsula.

  • Many young people are learning the Nganasan language today.

  • Linguists have documented the Nganasan language to preserve its unique features for future generations.

  • Only a small number of speakers remain who are fluent in the Nganasan language.

  • Many young people are learning the Nganasan language today.

Synonyms

Nganasan
vsNganasan language
9.9

A language spoken by a native people living in northern Siberia

is the same language but specified for the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Russia

Surface Forms

Nganasan language singular
Nganasan languages plural

Morphology

Nganasan + language

This is a straightforward naming construction: a proper name ('Nganasan') plus 'language' yields 'the language of the Nganasan people,' so the meaning follows directly from the constituents. The 'X language' pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Nganasan language gets its name from the Nganasan people who live on the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Russia. One common idea is that 'Nganasan' may mean 'tundra people', so the phrase simply names the language spoken by those people.