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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Na-De•ne (nä dā′nē, nä′dā nā′),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varietiesa group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- Language Varietiesthe hypothesized protolanguage itself.
adj. - Language Varietiesof, belonging to, or pertaining to Na-Dene.
Also, Na•de′ne. - name coined by Edward Sapir from assumed reflexes of a single Na-Dene root: Haida na to live, house, Tlingit na people, Athabaskan *-ne in dene, representing a word in Athabaskan languages for "person, people,'' e.g., Navajo diné 1915
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