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Comanche language
Comanche ( , endonym ) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Comanche, who split from the Shoshone soon after the Comanche had acquired horses around 1705. The Comanche language and the Shoshoni language are quite similar, but certain consonant changes in Comanche have inhibited mutual intelligibility. The name Comanche comes from the Ute word "enemy, stranger". Their own name for the language is , which means "language of the people".
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Comanche ( , endonym ) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Comanche, who split from the Shoshone soon after the Comanche had acquired horses around 1705. The Comanche language and the Shoshoni language are quite similar, but certain consonant changes in Comanche have inhibited mutual intelligibility. The name Comanche comes from the Ute word "enemy, stranger". Their own name for the language is , which means "language of the people".
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