Siouan vs Otoe

Siouan and Otoe both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Otoe is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Otoe is a hyponym of Siouan; that is, Otoe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Siouan:

Siouan: 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
Otoe: a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska

Other hyponyms of Siouan include Biloxi, Tunica-Biloxi, Catawba, Crow, Crow Nation, Dakota, Dhegiha, Gros Ventre, Hidatsa, Iowa, Ioway, Missouri, Missouria, Ofo, Oto, Eastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux, Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux, Tutelo, Winnebago.

Siouan (noun)	Otoe (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto
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 member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska

Siouan (adjective)	Otoe (adjective)
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Difference between Siouan and Otoe

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