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Hokan
(Hokan)
Pronunciation:
/ˈhəʊkan/
adjective
relating to or denoting a group of American Indian languages of California and western Mexico, considered as a possible language family. They include Yuman, Mojave, and several other languages now extinct or almost so.
noun
[
mass noun
]
the hypothetical Hokan language family.
Origin:
from Hokan
hok
'about two'
+
-an
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