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AthabascanenUK
Ath·a·bas·kan or Ath·a·bas·can A0494700 (ăth′ə-băs′kən) also Ath·a·pas·can (-păs′-)n.1. A group of related North American Indian languages including the Apachean languages and languages of Alaska, northwest Canada, and coastal Oregon and California.2. A member of an Athabaskan-speaking people.
[After Lake Athabasca from Cree athapaskaaw, there is scattered grass.]
Ath′a·bas′kan adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Athabascan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)Athapaskan language, Athabaskan, Athapascan, AthapaskanAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansApache - the language of the ApacheNavaho, Navajo - the Athapaskan language spoken by the NavahoHupa - the Athapaskan language spoken by the HupaMattole - the Athapaskan language spoken by the MattoleChippewaian, Chippewyan, Chipewyan - the language spoken by the ChipewyanU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 | | 2. | Athabascan - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central AlaskaAthabaskan, Athapascan, AthapaskanAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedApache - any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in OklahomaChipewyan - a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson BayHupa - a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in CaliforniaMattole - a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern CaliforniaNavaho, Navajo - a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah |
AthabascanenUK
Athabascan (ăthəbăs`kən), Athapascan, or Athapaskan (both: –păs`–), group of related Native American languages forming a branch of the Nadene linguistic family or stock. In the preconquest period, Athabascan was a large and extensive group of tongues. Its speakers lived in what are now Canada, Alaska, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Mexico. Today the surviving Athabascan languages include Chipewyan, Kutchin, Carrier, and Sarsi (all in Canada); Chasta-Costa (in Oregon); Hoopa or Hupa (in California); Navajo (in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah); and Apache (in Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico). These and other Athabascan languages are the mother tongues of about 175,000 indigenous people of North America. The speech communities of most Athabascan languages today are small, with the exception of Navajo, which has roughly 150,000 speakers, most of whom can also speak English. The Navajo are one of the largest Native American groups in the United States. A feature of the Navajo language, perhaps the best-known tongue in the Athabascan group, is its tonal quality. There are high tones, low tones, rising tones, and falling tones. Another important Athabascan tongue, Apache, is spoken in its various dialects by about 12,000 persons. According to some authorities, the Athabascan languages face extinction relatively soon. See Native American languagesNative American languages,
languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See H. Hoijer et al., Studies in the Athapaskan Languages (1963). AthabascanenUK
Synonyms for Athabascannoun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)Synonyms- Athapaskan language
- Athabaskan
- Athapascan
- Athapaskan
Related Words- American-Indian language
- Amerind
- Amerindian language
- American Indian
- Indian
- Apache
- Navaho
- Navajo
- Hupa
- Mattole
- Chippewaian
- Chippewyan
- Chipewyan
- U.S.A.
- United States
- United States of America
- US
- USA
- America
- the States
- U.S.
noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central AlaskaSynonyms- Athabaskan
- Athapascan
- Athapaskan
Related Words- American Indian
- Indian
- Red Indian
- Apache
- Chipewyan
- Hupa
- Mattole
- Navaho
- Navajo
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