Uto-Aztecan language

Uto-Aztecan language
noun
a family of American Indian languages
Syn: ↑Uto-Aztecan
Hyponyms:

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  • Uto-Aztecan languages — Family of more than 30 American Indian languages spoken in pre Columbian times from the northern Great Basin to Central America. Geographically, Uto Aztecan can be divided into a northern and a southern branch. The northern branch, spoken from… …   Universalium

  • Uto-Aztecan — /yooh toh az tek euhn/, n. 1. an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages …   Universalium

  • Uto-Aztecan — 1. noun A certain Native American language family including a large number of geographically distant languages such as Hopi, Nahuatl (Aztec) and Comanche. 2. adjective Of or pertaining to Uto Aztecan …   Wiktionary

  • Uto-Aztecan — [ˌju:təʊ aztɛk(ə)n] noun a language family of Central America and western North America. adjective relating to or denoting Uto Aztecan …   English new terms dictionary

  • Uto-Aztecan — U•to Az•tec•an [[t]ˈyu toʊˈæz tɛk ən[/t]] n. 1) peo a family of American Indian languages spoken or formerly spoken in the U.S. Great Basin, the U.S. Southwest and S California, and NW and W Mexico, including as well the Nahuatl language of… …   From formal English to slang

  • Uto-Aztecan — /jutoʊ ˈæztɛkən/ (say yoohtoh aztekuhn) adjective of or relating to a Native American language group, widespread from Idaho to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico, and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific; includes Hopi, Ute,… …  

  • Aztecan — noun the Uto Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec • Hypernyms: ↑Uto Aztecan, ↑Uto Aztecan language * * * ˈazˌtekən sometimes ˈaˌste adjective Usage: usually capitalized : of or relating to the Aztec people or their language …   Useful english dictionary

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