SHOSHONEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shoshonean mean? 

• SHOSHONEAN (noun)
  The noun SHOSHONEAN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHOSHONEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOSHONEAN (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 ("Shoshonean" is a kind of...):

Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language (a family of American Indian languages)

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

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)