Yuman

American  

[yoo-muhn] / ˈju mən /

noun

1. a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Yuman.

Yuman British  

/ ˈjuːmən /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken chiefly in Arizona, California, and Mexico

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adjective

1. relating to or belonging to this family of languages

Etymology

Origin of Yuman

First recorded in 1890–95; Yum(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Yuman

Sprit Mountain is the Yuman tribes’ spiritual birthplace and figures prominently within their ideology.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2020

Bernie Yuman, a friend of Ali’s who was in the dressing room the night of the fight, told Hauser, “We were shaking like leaves.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2019

One leson I lerned during my nites at that Yuman window was: a gud riter will make the reeder feel as bad as the Yuman does in there Story.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017

And in time, so many werds came threw my ears and into my brane, that, if I thought upon them, cud understand Yuman prety gud, if I heer it!

From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017

The principal Yuman tribes in this Colorado region are the Mohave and the Yuma.

From The Religion of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber