American-Indian language

Definitions of American-Indian language

noun
a dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas

synonyms: American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian language

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Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan
a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas

Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language
a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States

Na-Dene
a family of North American Indian languages

Mosan
a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia

Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language
a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo

Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois

Kechua, Kechuan, Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language
the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas

Maracan language, Maraco
the language spoken by the Maraco

Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language
a family of South American Indian languages

Arawak, Arawakan
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America

Carib, Caribbean language
the family of languages spoken by the Carib

Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
a family of American Indian languages

Maya, Mayan, Mayan language
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

Siouan, Siouan language
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

Tanoan, Tanoan language
a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States

Hoka, Hokan
a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California

Penutian
a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California

Abnaki
the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot

Algonkian, Algonkin
the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian

Arapaho, Arapahoe
the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho

Biloxi
the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi

Blackfoot
any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot

Catawba
the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba

Cheyenne
the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne

Chiwere
the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri

Cree
the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree

Crow
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

Dakota
the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota

Delaware
the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware

Dhegiha
a branch of the Siouan languages

Fox
the Algonquian language of the Fox

Gros Ventre, Hidatsa
a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa

Hunkpapa
a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa

Illinois
the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami

Haida
the Na-Dene language of the Haida

Kickapoo
the Algonquian language of the Kickapoo

Malecite, Maleseet
the Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody

Massachuset, Massachusetts
the Algonquian language of the Massachuset

Menominee, Menomini
the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini

Micmac
the Algonquian language of the Micmac

Mahican, Mohican
the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican

Nanticoke
the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy

Ofo
a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo

Ogalala, Oglala
a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala

Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway
the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa

Pamlico
the Algonquian language of the Pamlico

Potawatomi
the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi

Powhatan
the Algonquian language of the Powhatan

Shawnee
the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee

Alabama
the Muskhogean language of the Alabama

Chickasaw
the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw

Chahta, Choctaw
the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw

Hitchiti
the Muskhogean language spoken by the Hitchiti

Koasati
the Muskhogean language spoken by the Koasati

Muskogee
the Muskhogean language spoken by the Muskogee

Santee
the Siouan language spoken by the Santee

Seminole
the Muskhogean language of the Seminole

Tlingit
the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit

Tutelo
the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo

Winnebago
the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago

Chemakuan
a group of Mosan languages spoken in Washington

Salish, Salishan
a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

Wakashan, Wakashan language
a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington

Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States

Aricara, Arikara
the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara

Pawnee
the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee

Wichita
the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita

Cherokee
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

Cayuga
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga

Mohawk
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk

Seneca
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca

Oneida
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida

Onondaga
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga

Tuscarora
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora

Guarani
the language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia

Tupi
the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay

Pima
the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima

Aztecan
the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec

Nahuatl
the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl

Cahita
the Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahita

Tatahumara
the Uto-Aztecan language of the Tatahumara

Zapotec, Zapotecan
the language of the Zapotec

Apache
the language of the Apache

Navaho, Navajo
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho

Hupa
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa

Mattole
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole

Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan
the language spoken by the Chipewyan

Kiowa
the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa

Chimariko
the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko

Esselen
the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen

Kulanapan
a group of languages of the Hokan family

Quoratean
a group of languages of the Hokan family

Shastan
a group of languages of the Hokan family in California

Yuman
a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico

Yanan
a language group of the Hokan family

Copehan
a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river

Costanoan
a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan

Mariposan, Yokuts
a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley

Miwok, Moquelumnan
a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok

Maidu, Pujunan
a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu

Chinook, Chinookan
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

Kalapooian, Kalapuyan
a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya

Kusan
a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan

Sahaptin, Shahaptian
a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian

Takelma, Takilman
a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma

Tsimshian
a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian

Kekchi
a Mayan language spoken by the Kekchi

Mam
a Mayan language spoken by the Mam

Yucatec, Yucateco
a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec

Quiche
the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

Cakchiquel
the Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel

type of:
natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

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