WAKASHAN LANGUAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington

Synonyms:

Wakashan; Wakashan language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Wakashan language" is a kind of...):

Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Wakashan language"):

Kwakiutl (a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl)

Nootka (a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka)