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SHOSHONEAN LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States
Synonyms:
Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Shoshonean language" is a kind of...):
Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language (a family of American Indian languages)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Shoshonean language"):
Shoshone (the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family))
Comanche (the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche)
Hopi (the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi)
Paiute (the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute)
Ute (the Shoshonean language spoken by the Utes)
