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Uto-Aztecan, n. and a.|ˌjuːtəʊæzˈtɛkən|
Also Uto-Aztekan, Utaztekan.
[f. Ute n.1 and a. + -o + Aztecan adj. s.v. Aztec n. and a.]
A. n. A family of languages spoken in central America and western North America.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this language family.
1891D. G. Brinton Amer. Race 44 Different bands of the same linguistic stock were found, some on the highest, others on the lowest stages of development, as is strikingly exemplified in the Uto-Aztecan family. Ibid. iii. i. 118 Of all the stocks on the North American Continent, that which I call the Uto-Aztecan merits the closest study. 1913E. Sapir in Jrnl. de la Société des Américanistes de Paris X. ii. 384 Southern Paiute has developed a number of secondary forms of the original Uto-Aztekan vowels and consonants. Ibid. 422 In..Ute-Chemehuevi pre⁓nominal elements occur as suffixes..not prefixes, as ordinarily in Uto-Aztekan. 1935Amer. Anthropologist XXXVII. 608 Are there any traits that distinguish ‘Shoshonean’ from the rest of Uto-Aztecan? If there are, I do not know what they are. 1937J. R. Firth Tongues of Men vii. 93 The Uto-Aztekan group of related languages, spoken by the Indians of Utah, Arizona, California, and Mexico. 1968Occas. Papers Idaho State Mus. XXII, (title) Utaztekan prehistory. 1979I. Davis in Campbell & Mithun Lang. Native Amer. 409 The differences between Uto-Aztecan and Kiowa-Tanoan both in phonology..and grammar are striking.
Also ˈUto-Aztec a. and n.
1932W. L. Graff Lang. xi. 430 The Uto-Aztec group comprises the three branches of Shoshonean, Pima-Sonoran, and Nahuatl. 1956J. Whatmough Lang. (Map facing p. 22) Uto-Aztec. |