tanoan in English
noun
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a small language family comprising a number of Pueblo Indian languages, including Tewa and Tiwa, and related to Kiowa.
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
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relating to the Tanoan language family.
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.
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