Definition of Shoshonean language

1. Noun. A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Shoshonean, Shoshonian, Shoshonian Language
Specialized synonyms: Shoshone, Comanche, Hopi, Paiute, Ute
Generic synonyms: Uto-aztecan, Uto-aztecan Language

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoshonean Language

Shoop
Shope fibroma
Shope fibroma virus
Shope papilloma
Shope papilloma virus
Shor
Shor's algorithm
Shore
Shorea
Shorea teysmanniana
Short's aster
Short-eared Dog
Shortia galacifolia
Shoshone
Shoshonean
Shoshonean language
Shoshones
Shoshoni
Shoshonian
Shoshonian language
Shostakovich
Shotokan
Shover
Show Me State
ShpII metalloprotease
ShpI metalloprotease
Shraddha
Shrapnell
Shrapnell's membrane
Shravas

Literary usage of Shoshonean language

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

1. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"... Language Kiowa shoshonean language Bannock Northern .Shoshoni Comanche Ute Wind River Shoshoni Athapascan Language Kiowa-Apache Sarsi ..."

2. 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)
"... an incorrect statement so far as the Luiseño dialect is specifically concerned, but is true if Luiseño is understood to mean any shoshonean language. ..."

3. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"All of these are part of the shoshonean language group. When the Mayo were first seen by the Spaniards in 1532, it was not love at first sight. ..."

4. Organic Acts and Administrative Reports of the School of American Research by Archaeological Institute of America (1917)
"His study of the shoshonean language has been extended to the Hopi and Paiute. Mr. AV Kidder, Austin Teaching Fellow in Harvard University, who, ..."

5. Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive! by Robert White, Phyllis White (2002)
"The group that worked its way south and settled along the coast in Southern California were called the Chumash; they spoke the shoshonean language. ..."

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