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Na-Dene

(nä′də nā′, -dā-)

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noun

a proposed grouping of North American Indian language families, including the Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and Haida

Origin: < Haida na, to dwell, house & Tlingit na, people + Athabaskan dene, person, people (occurring in various dialect forms): coined (1914) by Edward Sapir while at Ottawa

See Na-Dene in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Na·Dé·né

noun

A proposed phylum of North American Indian languages including Athabaskan, Tlingit, and possibly Haida.

Origin:

Origin: Haida náa-, house, to live

Origin: , and Tlingit naa, tribe

Origin: + Proto-Athabaskan *dənǽ, person

Related Forms:

Na-Deˈne adjective

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