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IROQUOIAN LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
Synonyms:
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Iroquoian language" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iroquoian language"):
Cherokee (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee)
Cayuga (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga)
Mohawk (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk)
Seneca (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca)
Oneida (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida)
Onondaga (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga)
Tuscarora (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora)