Tanoan

English

Etymology

Tano +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈnoʊ.ən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈnəʊ.ən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊən
• Hyphenation: Ta‧no‧an

Adjective

Tanoan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them.

Translations

related to the language family

• Russian: таноа́нский (ru) m (tanoánskij)

Proper noun

Tanoan

1. A family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Hypernyms

• Arizona Tewa
• Hopi-Tewa
• Isleta
• Jemez
• Kiowa
• Northern Tewa
• Picuris
• Piro
• Sandia
• Southern Tewa
• Taos
• Tewa
• Tiwa
• Towa

 

Translations

a family of languages

• Russian: таноа́нские языки́ (ru) m (tanoánskije jazykí), таноа́нский m (tanoánskij)