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Na-DeneenUK
Na-De·ne also Na·Dé·né N0002400 (nä′dā′nē, -dā-nā′)n. A North American Indian language family that includes the Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and possibly Haida. [Haida náa-, house, to live, and Tlingit naa, tribe + Proto-Athabaskan *dənæ, person.] Na-De′ne adj.Na-Dene (nɑːˈdeɪnɪ; nəˈdiːn) or Na-Dénén (Languages) a phylum of North American Indian languages including Athapascan, Tlingit, and Haida[from Haida na to dwell + Athapascan dene people; coined by Edward Sapir (1884–1939), American anthropologist]Na-De•ne (nɑˈdeɪ ni, ˌnɑ deɪˈneɪ) n. a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages that includes the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and Haida. [1915; Haida na to live, house, Tlingit na people, Athabaskan *-ne in dene, representing a word in Athabaskan languages for “person, people”] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languagesAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansHaida - the Na-Dene language of the HaidaTlingit - the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit | EncyclopediaSeeNa-Dene LanguagesNa-DeneenUK
Words related to Na-Denenoun a family of North American Indian languagesRelated Words- American-Indian language
- Amerind
- Amerindian language
- American Indian
- Indian
- Haida
- Tlingit
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