Shoshonean
noun, plural Shoshoneans (especially collectively) Shoshonean for 2.
1.
(in some, especially earlier, classifications) a grouping of four branches of the Uto-Aztecan language family including Numic, Hopi, and several languages of southern California.
2.
a member of a group speaking a Shoshonean language.
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Shoshonean-speaking peoples or their languages.
noun
1.
a subfamily of North American Indian languages belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken mainly in the southwestern US
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