kansankieli

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Etymology

kansan +‎ kieli, probably a calque of German Volkssprache

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑnˌkie̯li/,
  • Rhymes: -ieli
  • Hyphenation(key): kansan‧kieli

Noun

kansankieli

  1. vernacular, folk language (indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a standard or literary language)

Declension

Inflection of kansankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative kansankieli kansankielet
genitive kansankielen kansankielten
kansankielien
partitive kansankieltä kansankieliä
illative kansankieleen kansankieliin
singular plural
nominative kansankieli kansankielet
accusative nom. kansankieli kansankielet
gen. kansankielen
genitive kansankielen kansankielten
kansankielien
partitive kansankieltä kansankieliä
inessive kansankielessä kansankielissä
elative kansankielestä kansankielistä
illative kansankieleen kansankieliin
adessive kansankielellä kansankielillä
ablative kansankieleltä kansankieliltä
allative kansankielelle kansankielille
essive kansankielenä kansankielinä
translative kansankieleksi kansankieliksi
abessive kansankielettä kansankielittä
instructive kansankielin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kansankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)

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