SIOUAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siouan language mean? 

• SIOUAN LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun SIOUAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

  Familiarity information: SIOUAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIOUAN LANGUAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Siouan; Siouan language

Hypernyms ("Siouan language" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Siouan language"):

Biloxi (the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi)

Catawba (the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba)

Chiwere (the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri)

Crow (a Siouan language spoken by the Crow)

Dakota (the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota)

Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)

Gros Ventre; Hidatsa (a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa)

Hunkpapa (a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa)

Ofo (a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo)

Ogalala; Oglala (a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala)

Santee (the Siouan language spoken by the Santee)

Tutelo (the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo)

Winnebago (the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago)