Veps language
- noun
- The Veps language is considered endangered, with only a few thousand speakers remaining.
Examples
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She is fluent in both Russian and the Veps language, using them at home and in the community.
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Linguists have studied the Veps language to understand its relationship to other Finnic tongues.
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The Veps language is spoken by a small community in Russia.
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Many children in the region learn the Veps language at school.
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The Veps language is considered endangered, with only a few thousand speakers remaining.
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Many children in the region learn the Veps language at school.
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She is fluent in both Russian and the Veps language, using them at home and in the community.
Synonyms
A language spoken by the Veps people in northwest Russia
A language the Veps people speak in northwestern Russia
A language spoken by a small group of people in northwest Russia
A language spoken by a small native group in northwestern Russia
A language spoken by the Veps people in northwestern Russia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining the proper name 'Veps' with 'language' to mean 'the language spoken by the Veps'; if a learner knows both constituents the meaning is directly derivable. This is a regular possessive/attributive noun construction common across languages, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Veps language names the native speech of the small Veps people who live in northwest Russia. The phrase links Veps (the people) and language (their way of speaking), so it simply means 'the language spoken by the Veps'.
