Na-dene

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.
Noun
  1. 1
    a family of North American Indian languages wordnet

Etymology

Coined by Edward Sapir in 1915, from Tlingit naa and Athabaskan dene, both meaning people or tribe.

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