WAKASHAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wakashan language mean? 

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

1. a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAKASHAN LANGUAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Wakashan; Wakashan language

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

Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)

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

Kwakiutl (a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl)

Nootka (a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka)