Na-Dene Definition

nädənā, nädānā
noun
A proposed grouping of North American Indian language families, including the Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and Haida.
Webster's New World
pronoun

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

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Origin of Na-Dene

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Haida náa- house, to live and Tlingit naa tribe Proto-Athabaskan dənæ person

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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