Uto-Aztecan
[ yoo-toh-az-tek-uhn ]
/ ˈyu toʊˈæz tɛk ən /
noun
an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
adjective
of or relating to Uto-Aztecan.
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British Dictionary definitions for Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan
/ (ˈjuːtəʊˈæztɛkən) /
noun
a family of North and Central American Indian languages including Nahuatl, Shoshone, Pima, and Ute
adjective
of or relating to this family of languages or the peoples speaking them
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