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Pokomo language

Pokomo language

9.9
A language spoken by the Pokomo people on the coast of Kenya
  • noun
: idioma pokomo
  • The Pokomo language is taught in some primary schools in coastal Kenya.

Examples

  • She is fluent in both Swahili and the Pokomo language.

  • Researchers have published a dictionary of the Pokomo language.

  • The Pokomo language is rich in proverbs.

  • Many people in Kenya speak the Pokomo language.

  • Researchers have published a dictionary of the Pokomo language.

  • She is fluent in both Swahili and the Pokomo language.

  • The Pokomo language is taught in some primary schools in coastal Kenya.

Synonyms

Pokomo
vsPokomo language
9.9

A language spoken by people on the coast of Kenya and near the Tana River

is the fuller, more formal phrase for the same language

Surface Forms

Pokomo language singular
Pokomo languages plural

Morphology

Pokomo + language

This is a simple compositional noun phrase meaning 'the language of the Pokomo people' formed from a proper name + 'language'. A B1 learner who knows the constituents can directly infer this meaning because the pattern (X language = the language of X) is regular and cross‑linguistically common.

Etymology

Pokomo language is named after the Pokomo people who live on the coast of Kenya. One popular story says Pokomo may come from words meaning 'people of the river', so thinking of river communities helps you remember it means the language those people speak.