Na-De·ne also Na·Dé·né (nä d  n , -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 *d  næ, person.]Na-De ne 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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| Noun | 1. | 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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