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Na-Dene

Na-Dene proper noun: a major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.

Proper noun

Na-Dene

  1. A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.

Forms of Na-Dene

alternative formNa-Dené

Origin of Na-Dene

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

Questions about Na-Dene

What does Na-Dene mean?
Na-Dene means a major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.
What part of speech is Na-Dene?
Na-Dene is a proper noun.

Words near Na-Dene in the dictionary

  1. na na na na boo boo
  2. na na na na na na
  3. na'theless
  4. na-adjective
  5. na-adjectives
  6. Na-Dene
  7. Na-Dené
  8. Na-Khi
  9. na-na
  10. na-na na-na boo-boo
  11. na-na na-na na-na

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