English > American Indian: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived. |
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| Synonyms | Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, Indian |
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| Narrower | Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language | family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
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| Arawak, Arawakan | A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America |
| Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan | A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas |
| Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language | A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) |
| Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language | A family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo |
| Carib, Caribbean language | The family of languages spoken by the Carib |
| Hokan, Hoka | A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California |
| Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language | A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois |
| Maraco, Maracan language | The language spoken by the Maraco |
| Maya, Mayan, Mayan language | A family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya |
| Mosan | A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia |
| Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language | A family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States |
| Na-Dene | A family of North American Indian languages |
| Penutian | A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California |
| Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Kechua, Kechuan | The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas |
| Siouan, Siouan language | A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux |
| Tanoan, Tanoan language | A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States |
| Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language | A family of South American Indian languages |
| Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language | A family of American Indian languages |
| Broader | natural language, tongue | A human written or spoken language used by a community |
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| Spanish | amerindio, indio, lengua amerindia, piel roja |
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| Catalan | amerindi, índia, indi, llengua ameríndia, pellroja |
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