Siouan vs Indian

Indian vs Siouan

Siouan and Indian both are nouns.

Siouan and Indian both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Siouan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Indian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Indian is a hypernym of Siouan; that is, Indian is a word with a broader meaning than Siouan:

Siouan: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
Indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Other hypernyms of Siouan include American-Indian language, American Indian, American Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian language, Indian language.

Siouan (noun)	Indian (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains	a native or inhabitant of India

Siouan (adjective)	Indian (adjective)
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture	of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

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