TANOAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tanoan language mean? 

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

1. a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANOAN LANGUAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Tanoan; Tanoan language

Hypernyms ("Tanoan 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 "Tanoan language"):

Kiowa (the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa)