penutian

1. A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California (synset 106936657)
   is a type of: american indian, american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
   subtypes:

   • copehan - a group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river
   • costanoan - a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan
   • mariposan, yokuts - a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley
   • miwok, moquelumnan - a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
   • maidu, pujunan - a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu
   • chinook, chinookan - a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
   • kalapooian, kalapuyan - a Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya
   • kusan - a Penutian language spoken by the Kusan
   • sahaptin, shahaptian - a Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian
   • takelma, takilman - a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma
   • tsimshian - a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian
2. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages (synset 109685250)
   is a type of: amerindian, native american - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
   subtypes:

   • chinook - a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
   • costanoan - a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
   • calapooya, calapuya, kalapooia, kalapuya - a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
   • kusan - a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
   • maidu - a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California
   • miwok - a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
   • patwin - a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
   • sahaptin, sahaptino, shahaptian - a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho
   • takelma - a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon
   • tsimshian - a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia
   • wintun - a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
   • yokuts - a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley

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