shoshonean in English
noun
family of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by the Shoshone Indian tribes in the western United States (includes Hopi, and Comanche)
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2. The Bannock Indians are a Shoshonean tribe who long lived in the Great Basin in what is now southeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho.Calling themselves the Panati, they speak the Northern Paiute Language and are closely related to the Northern Paiute people, so much so, that some anthropologists consider the Bannock to be simply one of the northern-most bands of the Northern Paiute.