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Uto-Aztecan

[ yoo-toh-az-tek-uhn ]

noun

  1. an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Tohono O'odham, Pima, and other languages.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Uto-Aztecan.

Uto-Aztecan

/ ˈjuːtəʊˈæztɛkən /

noun

  1. a family of North and Central American Indian languages including Nahuatl, Shoshone, Pima, and Ute

adjective

  1. of or relating to this family of languages or the peoples speaking them

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Uto-Aztecan1

First recorded in 1890–95; Ut(e) + -o- + Aztecan ( def )

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