Penutian
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Pe·nu·ti·an
(pə-no͞o′tē-ən, -shən)n.
A proposed stock of North American Indian languages spoken in Pacific coastal areas from California into British Columbia.
[From the reconstructed words for "two" in two of its subgroups.]
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Penutian
(pɪˈnjuːtɪən; -ʃən)n
1. (Languages) a family of North American Indian languages of the Pacific coast
2. (Languages) a phylum of languages of North and South America, including Araucanian, Chinook, Mayan, and Sahaptin
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| Noun | 1. | Penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians Copehan - a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river Costanoan - a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan Moquelumnan, Miwok - a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok Kalapooian, Kalapuyan - a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya Kusan - a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan Sahaptin, Shahaptian - a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian Tsimshian - a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian |
| 2. | Penutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived Chinook - a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes Costanoan - a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay Kusan - a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon Maidu - a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California Miwok - a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California Patwin - a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California Sahaptin, Sahaptino, Shahaptian - a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho Takelma - a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon Tsimshian - a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia Wintun - a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California Yokuts - a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley |
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