Hokann.
/ˈhəʊkən/ Name given to a group of languages of certain American Indian peoples inhabiting the west coast of the U.S. Also in combinations, as Hokan-Siouan.
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Hokan1913
1913 Dixon & Kroeber in Science 7 Feb. 225/2 The new larger [native Indian language] families..are..Hokan, comprising Shasta, Chimariko and Pomo, probably Karok, and possibly Yana.
1920 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 1 280/2 It is difficult for me to suggest any alternative to the hypothesis of a common origin of the Hokan and Coahuiltecan languages.
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 83 These..families had been placed in the Hokan-Siouan superstock.
Derivatives
ˈHokanist n. one who is versed in these languages.
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Hokanist1965
1965 Language 41 303 Two Hokanists..have examined the Sapir (1929) subgrouping labelled Northern Hokan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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