Meanings
- human sciencesA hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna family of Amerindian languages spoken in California
nouna member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
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Origin
- Atsugewihoqi
- EnglishHokan
From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hokan morphosyntax.
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Hokan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hokan
“Hokan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hokan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hokan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hokan.
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