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UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Uto-Aztecan language mean?
• UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE (noun)
The noun UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:
1. a family of American Indian languages
Familiarity information: UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of American Indian languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language
Hypernyms ("Uto-Aztecan 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 "Uto-Aztecan language"):
Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)
Pima (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima)
Aztecan (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec)
Nahuatl (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl)
Cahita (the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahita)
Tatahumara (the Uto-Aztecan language of the Tatahumara)
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