SHOSHONIAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shoshonian language mean? 

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

1. a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOSHONIAN LANGUAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language

Hypernyms ("Shoshonian 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 "Shoshonian 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)