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单词 Penutian
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Definition of Penutian in English:

Penutian

adjective pəˈnuːʃ(ə)npəˈnuːtɪən-ˈno͞otēən
  • Relating to or denoting a proposed superfamily or phylum of North American languages including Chinook, Klamath, and Nez Percé, most of which are now extinct or nearly so. Some scholars include certain living languages of Central and South America, principally Mayan and Mapuche, in this group.

    佩纽蒂语群(一个设想的北美印第安语超语族,其绝大部分语言已绝迹或接近绝迹,有些学者把中美和南美洲的某些现用语言,主要是马雅语和马普切语,也包括在这个群体中)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some linguists have categorized it as a Penutian language.
    • The Penutian language group of Western America is related to the languages of the Maya and the Zoque of Mesoamerica.
    • They speak a Sahaptian dialect of the Penutian language family, which is common among other Plateau groups in the mid-Columbia River region.
noun pəˈnuːʃ(ə)npəˈnuːtɪən-ˈno͞otēən
mass noun
  • The Penutian family of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Costanoans (which means "coast people" in Spanish) spoke Penutian and lived along California's Central Coast.
    • Eventually, the people who spoke Penutian arrived.

Origin

From pen and uti, words for 'two' in two groups of Penutian languages + -an.

Definition of Penutian in US English:

Penutian

adjective-ˈno͞otēən
  • Relating to or denoting a proposed superfamily or phylum of North American languages including Chinook, Klamath, and Nez Percé, most of which are now extinct or nearly so. Some scholars include certain living languages of Central and South America, principally Mayan and Mapuche, in this group.

    佩纽蒂语群(一个设想的北美印第安语超语族,其绝大部分语言已绝迹或接近绝迹,有些学者把中美和南美洲的某些现用语言,主要是马雅语和马普切语,也包括在这个群体中)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They speak a Sahaptian dialect of the Penutian language family, which is common among other Plateau groups in the mid-Columbia River region.
    • Some linguists have categorized it as a Penutian language.
    • The Penutian language group of Western America is related to the languages of the Maya and the Zoque of Mesoamerica.
noun-ˈno͞otēən
  • The Penutian family of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eventually, the people who spoke Penutian arrived.
    • The Costanoans (which means "coast people" in Spanish) spoke Penutian and lived along California's Central Coast.

Origin

From pen and uti, words for ‘two’ in two groups of Penutian languages + -an.

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