Penutian Definition
pə-no͝otē-ən, -shən
noun
A group of remotely related language families, consisting of North American Indian languages of California, British Columbia, and New Mexico.
Webster's New World
Origin of Penutian
From the reconstructed words for “two” in two of its subgroups
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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