hokan meaning

• Noun: Hokan
  1. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California
     - Hoka 
  2. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
     - Hoka

  Type of: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian, Red Indian

  Encyclopedia: Hokan

Examples

1. Attempts have been made to link it to the Hokan family.
2. Esselen is included in Hokan with " strong reservations ".
3. The Yukian languages may be, along with Hokan languages.
4. Chumashan, Comecrudan, and Coahuiltecan included in Hokan with " reservations ".
5. Edward Sapir accepted this speculation and included Iskoman in his classification of Hokan.