Associations to the word «Penutian»
Noun
- Plateau
- Mayan
- Grouping
- Hypothesis
- Dialect
- Oregon
- Na
- Consonant
- Lan
- Subgroup
- Dixon
- Linguist
- Language
- Morphology
- Workshop
- Classification
- Verb
- Proposal
- Vowel
- Tribe
- Northwest
- Proceeding
- Grammar
- Stock
- California
- Coast
- Family
- Branch
- Indian
- Columbia
- Scholar
- Relationship
- Speaker
- Central
- Numbers
- Spoke
- Northern
- Group
- Connection
- Evidence
- Paper
- America
- Washington
- Culture
- Non
- North
- People
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
PENUTIAN, proper noun. 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.
Dictionary definition
PENUTIAN, noun. A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California.
PENUTIAN, noun. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages.
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