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Zyrian language

Zyrian language

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A language spoken by the Komi people in northeastern Russia
  • noun
: idioma zyriano
  • The Zyrian language is still spoken by many members of the Komi community today.

Examples

  • She is studying the Zyrian language to better understand the culture of the Komi people.

  • Scholars have published several dictionaries and grammars of the Zyrian language.

  • The Zyrian language is rich in folklore.

  • Many people are learning the Zyrian language today.

  • Scholars have published several dictionaries and grammars of the Zyrian language.

  • She is studying the Zyrian language to better understand the culture of the Komi people.

  • The Zyrian language is still spoken by many members of the Komi community today.

Synonyms

Zyrian
vsZyrian language
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A language spoken by the Komi people in north-eastern Russia

is the same language but a variant name used for it
Komi language
vsZyrian language
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A language spoken by the Komi people in north-east Russia

is the same language term rather than a different variety
Komi
vsZyrian language
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A language that the Komi people speak in northeastern European Russia

is classified as Finno-Ugric rather than Finnic

Surface Forms

Zyrian language singular
Zyrian languages plural

Morphology

Zyrian + language

This is a fully compositional NAME + noun phrase: 'Zyrian' names a people/language and 'language' denotes the spoken system, so together they straightforwardly mean the language of the Zyrian people. NAME + language constructions are cross-linguistically common and follow standard English patterns, so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Zyrian language comes from an older word Zyrian, which people used for the Komi. So Zyrian and language together just mean 'the language of the Zyryans'.