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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 languagesplay

  Familiarity information: UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE (noun)


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)

Zapotec; Zapotecan (the language of the Zapotec)


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