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Na-Dene

Na-Dene

See also: Na-Dené

English

Proper noun

Na-Dene

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

Etymology

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

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