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Na-Dene

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Na-De·ne also Na·Dé·né  (nädn, -d-n)
n.
A proposed phylum of North American Indian languages including Athabaskan, Tlingit, and possibly Haida.
[Haida náa-, house, to live, and Tlingit naa, tribe + Proto-Athabaskan *dnæ, person.]
Na-Dene adj.
Na-Dene, Na-Déné [nɑːˈdeɪnɪ nəˈdiːn]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a phylum of North American Indian languages including Athapascan, Tlingit, and Haida
[from Haida na to dwell + Athapascan dene people; coined by Edward Sapir (1884-1939), American anthropologist]
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Noun1.Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languages
American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Haida - the Na-Dene language of the Haida
Tlingit - the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit
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Linguists have long held that both the Yeniseian languages in Siberia and the, Na-Dene languages in North America have no known relatives among other languages in the world.
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The Na-Dene group consists exclusively in groups speaking Athapaskan-related languages, while Eskimo-Aleut presumably includes all groups speaking languages that are family.
Names given without authority by Jack D. Forbes / Wind Speaker
 
 
 
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