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Yana

noun
1.
A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California.
2.
The Yanan language spoken by the Yana.



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"Yana" Quotes from Famous Books



... course was the now-famous Ishi, the last of the Southern Yana who wandered half starved into a slaughterhouse in ...
— Washo Religion • James F. Downs
... marplots. Some languages allow the composition of all or nearly all types of elements. Paiute, for instance, may compound noun with noun, adjective with noun, verb with noun to make a noun, noun with verb to make a verb, adverb with verb, verb with verb. Yana, an Indian language of California, can freely compound noun with noun and verb with noun, but not verb with verb. On the other hand, Iroquois can compound only noun with verb, never noun and noun as in English or verb and verb as in so many other languages. Finally, each language has its ...
— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir


Words linked to "Yana" :   Hokan, Hoka


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