Hokan

Ho·kan

[hoh-kuhn]
noun
a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.
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hokan

noun
1. a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California 
2. a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages 
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