Definition of Penutian

1. Noun. A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California.


2. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages.

Definition of Penutian

1. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penutian

Pentagon Gang
Pentastoma
Pentateuch
Pentatrichomonas
Pentecost
Pentecostal
Pentecostal religion
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalisms
Pentecostalist
Pentecostalists
Pentecostally
Pentecostals
Pentium
Pentothal
Penutian
Penza
Penzance
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People's Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Mujahidin of Iran
People's Party
People's Republic
People's Republic of Bangladesh
People's Republic of China
People's Republican Army
People against Gangsterism and Drugs
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Literary usage of Penutian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"9, Speck, Frank G., table of contents . . . ; nd penutian 4666. ... List, in outline form, of divisions and subdivisions of Macro-penutian as far as Whorf ..."

2. The American Indian: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the New World by Clark Wissler (1922)
"B. Interior Dialects: a. Plains, or Northwestern. b. Sierra Dialects, i. Amador. 2. Tuolumne. 3. Mariposa. (Members of the proposed penutian.) 37. ..."

3. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
"The Tsimshian, who speak a penutian language, live in British Columbia along the Nass and Skeena rivers and the coastal area between. ..."

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