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UTO-AZTECAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of American Indian languages
Synonyms:
Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Uto-Aztecan" 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 "Uto-Aztecan"):
Shoshonean; Shoshonean language; Shoshonian; Shoshonian language (a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States)
Pima (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima)
Aztecan (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec)
Nahuatl (the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl)
Cahita (the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahita)
Tatahumara (the Uto-Aztecan language of the Tatahumara)
Zapotec; Zapotecan (the language of the Zapotec)