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What does Penutian mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California.
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Later, as an experienced linguist, he published some studies of Penutian languages and the classification of Athabaskan languages.
The Penutian language group of Western America is related to the languages of the Maya and the Zoque of Mesoamerica.
They speak a Sahaptian dialect of the Penutian language family, which is common among other Plateau groups in the mid-Columbia River region.
The Costanoans spoke Penutian and lived along California's Central Coast.

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