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单词 Tanoan
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Definition of Tanoan in English:

Tanoan

noun təˈnəʊəntəˈnōən
mass noun
  • A small language family comprising a number of Pueblo Indian languages.

    (包含若干普韦布洛印第安语的)塔努安语族

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other Texas tribe that probably spoke Tiwa or a form of Tanoan are the Jumano.
    • The Zuñi language may be connected with Tanoan, falling within the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock.
    • This is amply evidenced by both North American languages (such as Sierra Miwok and Tanoan) and Papuan New Guinean languages (such as Kewa and Yimas).
adjective təˈnəʊəntəˈnōən
  • Relating to the Tanoan language family.

    (与)塔努安语族(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Aztec-Tanoan phylum consists of two families: the Tanoan (Kiowa-Tanoan) family with three languages in the Southwest, including those spoken by the Taos and the Santa Clara, and one language in the Plains (Kiowa); and the Uto-Aztecan family, with about a score of languages spoken from the Plateau and California into Meso-America, with relatively late extensions into the Plains.
    • Their name for themselves is ‘Tuei’ and they speak southern Tiwa, a Tanoan language.
    • He was of the belief that the Tanoan family is a remote branch of the Shoshonean, but thus far the relationship has not been definitively shown.
    • Contents also include a song, notes about the Kiowa and Tanoan Indians, information about articles for American Anthropologist, requests for information from various books about Indians, and a National Certificate from the Cherokee Nation.
    • All other Pueblo languages are classified within the Aztec-Tanoan Phylum: within the Kiowa-Tanoan family are three Tanoan languages, Tiwa, Tewa, and Towa; the Hopi language is an isolate within the Uto-Aztecan family; and Keresan is an unclassified language isolate not yet assigned to any family within the phylum.

Origin

From Spanish Tano + -an.

Definition of Tanoan in US English:

Tanoan

nountəˈnōən
  • A small language family comprising a number of Pueblo Indian languages, including Tewa and Tiwa, and related to Kiowa.

    (包含若干普韦布洛印第安语的)塔努安语族

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other Texas tribe that probably spoke Tiwa or a form of Tanoan are the Jumano.
    • This is amply evidenced by both North American languages (such as Sierra Miwok and Tanoan) and Papuan New Guinean languages (such as Kewa and Yimas).
    • The Zuñi language may be connected with Tanoan, falling within the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock.
adjectivetəˈnōən
  • Relating to the Tanoan language family.

    (与)塔努安语族(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their name for themselves is ‘Tuei’ and they speak southern Tiwa, a Tanoan language.
    • All other Pueblo languages are classified within the Aztec-Tanoan Phylum: within the Kiowa-Tanoan family are three Tanoan languages, Tiwa, Tewa, and Towa; the Hopi language is an isolate within the Uto-Aztecan family; and Keresan is an unclassified language isolate not yet assigned to any family within the phylum.
    • Contents also include a song, notes about the Kiowa and Tanoan Indians, information about articles for American Anthropologist, requests for information from various books about Indians, and a National Certificate from the Cherokee Nation.
    • The Aztec-Tanoan phylum consists of two families: the Tanoan (Kiowa-Tanoan) family with three languages in the Southwest, including those spoken by the Taos and the Santa Clara, and one language in the Plains (Kiowa); and the Uto-Aztecan family, with about a score of languages spoken from the Plateau and California into Meso-America, with relatively late extensions into the Plains.
    • He was of the belief that the Tanoan family is a remote branch of the Shoshonean, but thus far the relationship has not been definitively shown.

Origin

From Spanish Tano + -an.

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