Na-Dene
Na-Dene
Definition
☆ Na·-Dene (nä′də nā′, -dā-)
noun
a proposed grouping of North American Indian language families, including the Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and Haida
Etymology: < 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
