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Proto-Dene

Proto-Dene proper noun: synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).

Proper noun

Proto-Dene

  1. Synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).

Adjective

Proto-Dene (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Dene language or the people who spoke it.

Synonyms of Proto-Dene

Origin of Proto-Dene

From proto- + Dene.

Questions about Proto-Dene

What does Proto-Dene mean?
Proto-Dene means synonym of Proto-Athabaskan (“ancestor of the Athabaskan languages”).
What part of speech is Proto-Dene?
Proto-Dene can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Dene in the dictionary

  1. proto-chromium
  2. Proto-Circassian
  3. proto-cuneiform
  4. Proto-Cushitic
  5. Proto-Czech
  6. Proto-Dene
  7. proto-differentiation
  8. proto-Doric
  9. Proto-Dravidian
  10. proto-Earth
  11. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

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