Zunian
- noun
- The Zuni people communicate in Zunian, a unique language of their own.
Examples
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She learned Zunian to better connect with her Zuni heritage.
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Many linguists are studying Zunian, which has a rich history and structure.
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West of Zunian villages, there are the ruins of numerous large pueblos.
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Schroeder neglected to mention that the Zunian signs placed the Asay in a valley.
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From Zunian signs, Bustamante deduced that two of these pueblos were very large and that all five grew cotton.
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When Castaneda described the Tusayan pueblos as "high," he described the pueblos themselves, meaning that they were, like Zunian towns, multi-storied defensive settlements.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Zunian = Zuni (transparent) = Zuni + an
Using '-an' to form a language name or descriptor is a regular, transparent derivation from the ethnonym 'Zuni'.
Etymology
The word Zunian comes from Zuni plus -an, an ending used to show connection to a people or place, so it can name the language of that group. This is why Zunian can mean 'the language spoken by the Zuni people'.
