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单词 Hokan
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Definition of Hokan in English:

Hokan

adjectiveˈhəʊkanˈhōkən
  • Relating to or denoting a group of languages of western Mexico and California, considered as a possible language family. They include Yuman, Mojave, and several other languages now extinct or almost so.

    霍卡语族的(加利福尼亚州和墨西哥西部的一组美洲印第安语,被认为可能是属同一语族,包括尤马语、莫哈维语和其他几种已消亡或几乎消亡的语言)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Hokan languages are spoken in the southwestern and west coast US and in northwestern Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
    • Take, for example, a language like the Native American Hokan variety Atsugewi.
    • Tlapanec is the most recent addition, having been tentatively linked with Hokan languages earlier.
    • The Hokan languages include families of languages in Mexico and in the western part of the United States, especially in California.
    • The Hokan language, a dialect of which is spoken by the Washo people, is apparently of great antiquity - it belongs to what is very likely the oldest of California languages.
noun ˈhəʊkanˈhōkən
mass noun
  • The hypothetical Hokan language family.

    霍卡语族

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although some Hokan families may indeed be related, especially in northern California, few linguists today expect Hokan as a whole to prove to be valid, and the term is often used as a convenient label to simplify one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the world.

Origin

From Hokan hok 'about two' + -an.

Definition of Hokan in US English:

Hokan

adjectiveˈhōkən
  • Relating to or denoting a group of languages of western Mexico and California, considered as a possible language family and including Yuman, Mojave, and several other languages now extinct or nearly so.

    霍卡语族的(加利福尼亚州和墨西哥西部的一组美洲印第安语,被认为可能是属同一语族,包括尤马语、莫哈维语和其他几种已消亡或几乎消亡的语言)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Hokan language, a dialect of which is spoken by the Washo people, is apparently of great antiquity - it belongs to what is very likely the oldest of California languages.
    • The Hokan languages are spoken in the southwestern and west coast US and in northwestern Mexico (Baja California and Sonora).
    • Tlapanec is the most recent addition, having been tentatively linked with Hokan languages earlier.
    • The Hokan languages include families of languages in Mexico and in the western part of the United States, especially in California.
    • Take, for example, a language like the Native American Hokan variety Atsugewi.
nounˈhōkən
  • The hypothetical Hokan language family.

    霍卡语族

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although some Hokan families may indeed be related, especially in northern California, few linguists today expect Hokan as a whole to prove to be valid, and the term is often used as a convenient label to simplify one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the world.

Origin

From Hokan hok ‘about two’ + -an.

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