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Definition of Penutian
1. Noun. A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California.
Specialized synonyms: Copehan, Costanoan, Mariposan, Yokuts, Miwok, Moquelumnan, Maidu, Pujunan, Chinook, Chinookan, Kalapooian, Kalapuyan, Kusan, Sahaptin, Shahaptian, Takelma, Takilman, Tsimshian
2. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages.
Specialized synonyms: Chinook, Costanoan, Calapooya, Calapuya, Kalapooia, Kalapuya, Kusan, Maidu, Miwok, Patwin, Sahaptin, Sahaptino, Shahaptian, Takelma, Tsimshian, Wintun, Yokuts
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
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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