Akwa'ala vs Hokan

Akwa'ala and Hokan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Akwa'ala	Yes	No	No	No
Hokan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Hokan is a hypernym of Akwa'ala; that is, Hokan is a word with a broader meaning than Akwa'ala:

Akwa'ala: a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California
Hokan: a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages

Other hypernyms of Akwa'ala include Hoka.

Akwa'ala (noun)	Hokan (noun)
the Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala	a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California
a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California	a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages
a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California