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AMERICAN INDIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Synonyms:
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("American Indian" is a kind of...):
natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American Indian"):
Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)
Hoka; Hokan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California)
Tanoan; Tanoan language (a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States)
Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)
Maya; Mayan; Mayan language (a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas)
Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language (a family of American Indian languages)
Carib; Caribbean language (the family of languages spoken by the Carib)
Arawak; Arawakan (a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America)
Tupi-Guarani; Tupi-Guarani language (a family of South American Indian languages)
Maracan language; Maraco (the language spoken by the Maraco)
Kechua; Kechuan; Quechua; Quechuan; Quechuan language (the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas)
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)
Caddo; Caddoan; Caddoan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo)
Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)
Na-Dene (a family of North American Indian languages)
Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean; Muskogean language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States)
Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language (a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir))
Atakapa; Atakapan; Attacapa; Attacapan (a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas)
Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)
