Shoshonean
(in some, especially earlier, classifications) a grouping of four branches of the Uto-Aztecan language family including Numic, Hopi, and several languages of southern California.
a member of a group speaking a Shoshonean language.
of or relating to the Shoshonean-speaking peoples or their languages.
Origin of Shoshonean
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How to use Shoshonean in a sentence
They were surrounded on all sides by the cognate Apache except upon the north, where they meet Shoshonean tribes.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellUpon the northeast the eastern limits of the pristine habitat of the Shoshonean tribes are unknown.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellUpon the south Shoshonean territory was limited generally by the Colorado River.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellIn the southwest Shoshonean tribes had pushed across California, occupying a wide band of country to the Pacific.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellVery likely much of the area occupied by the Atsina was formerly Shoshonean territory.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley Powell
British Dictionary definitions for Shoshonean
Shoshonian
/ (ʃəʊˈʃəʊnɪən, ˌʃəʊʃəˈniːən) /
a subfamily of North American Indian languages belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken mainly in the southwestern US
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