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Tahltan

Tahltan noun: a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. They constitute the fourth division of the Nahane (People of the West).

Noun

Tahltan pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. They constitute the fourth division of the Nahane (People of the West).
    Synonyms:
    Nahani

Proper noun

Tahltan

  1. their Athabaskan language.

Synonyms of Tahltan

Forms of Tahltan

alternative formTāłtān

Phrases with Tahltan

Questions about Tahltan

What does Tahltan mean?
Tahltan means a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. They constitute the fourth division of the Nahane (People of the West).
What part of speech is Tahltan?
Tahltan can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Tahltan in the dictionary

  1. tahkhanas
  2. Tahlee
  3. Tahlequah
  4. tahli
  5. tahlis
  6. Tahltan
  7. Tahltan Bear Dog
  8. Tahltan Bear Dogs
  9. Tahmina
  10. Tahmoor
  11. tahn

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