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Definition of Shoshonean
1. Noun. A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States.
Specialized synonyms: Shoshone, Comanche, Hopi, Paiute, Ute
Generic synonyms: Uto-aztecan, Uto-aztecan Language
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoshonean
Literary usage of Shoshonean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee (1903)
"The shoshonean family j the principal tribes oJ' ... intimate with the Mormons
l only ouc» m conflict with them; shoshonean depredations) ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Its inhabitants, of Tanoan shoshonean stock, are all that remain of an important
tribe occupying some ten villages in the same region when first known to ..."
3. The Indians of North America in Historic Times by Cyrus Thomas, W. J. McGee (1903)
"... and other Pueblo stocks, and also from the shoshonean and Yuman groups.
The author quoted, who has studied these Indians with care, believes their ..."
4. A Mission Record of the California Indians: From a Manuscript in the by Alfred Louis Kroeber, José Francisco de Paula Señán, Vicente Francisco Sarría (1910)
"269 September 16, 1909 NOTES ON shoshonean DIALECTS OF SOUTHERN ... are supplementary
to a paper on "The shoshonean Dialects of California," issued in ..."
5. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"... AND shoshonean WORLD-SHAPERS The Nez Perce are the most important tribe of
the Sha- ... shoshonean ..."
6. North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)
"... AND shoshonean WORLD-SHAPERS The Nez Perce are the most important tribe of
the Sha- ... shoshonean ..."
7. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Powell has since regarded the shoshonean group as constituting a distinct ...
In addition to the writings cited below, consult Kroeber, shoshonean Dialects ..."
8. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"The southern boundary of shoshonean area was, in a general way, the Colorado
river, where shoshonean tribes encountered Athapascan tribes (especially ..."
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