siouan
IPA: sˈuʌn
Root Word: Siouan
noun
- A member of the Sioux people.
- A primary language family containing the Sioux and Catawban languages.
adjective
- Of or relating to the Sioux people, culture or languages.
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Examples of "siouan" in Sentences
- Dakota is a member of the Siouan language family.
- However, most of our people are of Siouan descent.
- He still remembered how to speak the Siouan language.
- On the comparative phonology of four Siouan languages.
- Chewerean Siouan speaking tribes from the prehistoric period.
- There were also Siouan speaking tribes to the west and southwest.
- Their language is of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language family.
- The Saura are said to be of Siouan or Siouan Catawban linguistic stock.
- The Kaw are a member of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language family.
- They are generally classified with the speakers of the Siouan Ofo language.