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penutian::noun | Spocien Dictionary

penutian

noun

/pə'nutiən/

a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California

Type	Words
Type of	amerindian language, amerind, american-indian language, american indian, indian
Has types	chinook, chinookan, copehan, takelma, costanoan, shahaptian, kalapooian, sahaptin, kalapuyan, pujunan, kusan, maidu, moquelumnan, mariposan, miwok, yokuts, tsimshian, takilman

penutian

noun

/pə'nutiən/

a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages

Type	Words
Type of	native american, amerindian
Has types	miwok, maidu, patwin, kusan, sahaptin, kalapuya, sahaptino, shahaptian, kalapooia, takelma, costanoan, chinook, tsimshian, calapuya, wintun, calapooya, yokuts

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A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California
A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages
Penutian is a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California. The existence of a Penutian stock or phylum has been the subject of debate among specialists. ...