a Native American language family of which a few surviving languages are spoken in pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona
Word origin
[1891; coined by J.W. Powell as Tañoan, based on AmerSp Tagno (see -an; gn misinterpreted as equiv. to Sp ñ), var. of Tano, ethnic name of Southern Tewa subgroup of Tanoans ‹ Southern Tewa thá⋅nu]