tonkawan

tonkawan
ton·ka·wan

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  • hokan-coahuiltecan — |hōkən+ noun Usage: usually capitalized H&C : the Hokan language phylum enlarged by the inclusion of Coahuiltecan and sometimes Karankawa and Tonkawan called also Hokaltecan …   Useful english dictionary

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