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amerind::noun | Spocien Dictionary

amerind

noun

/'æmərɪnd/

any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Type	Words
Synonyms	american-indian language, american indian, amerindian language, indian
Type of	natural language, tongue
Has types	algonquin, arawak, arawakan, atakapa, atakapan, athabascan, athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan, athapaskan language, attacapa, attacapan, caddo, caddoan, caddoan language, carib, caribbean language, hoka, hokan, iroquoian, iroquoian language, iroquois, kechua, kechuan, maracan language, maraco, maya, mayan, mayan language, mosan, muskhogean, muskhogean language, muskogean, muskogean language, na-dene, penutian, quechua, quechuan, quechuan language, siouan, siouan language, tanoan, tanoan language, tupi-guarani, tupi-guarani language, uto-aztecan, algonquian, uto-aztecan language, algonquian language

amerind

adjective

/'æmərɪnd/

of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Type	Words
Synonyms	amerindic, indian, native american

amerind

Amerind is a higher-level language family proposed by Joseph Greenberg in 1960.

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