Na-dene (Noun)
Meaning
A family of North American Indian languages.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Athabaskan and Eyak languages of Canada and the western United States belong to the Na-Dene family.
- Researchers believe the Tlingit and Eyak languages form the original nucleus of the Na-Dene family.
- Although much has been written about the spread of Na-Dene peoples and languages, not much is known for certain about this early migration.
- Historical accounts reveal the extensive movement and language mixing that led to the complexity of the Na-Dene languages we know today.
- Tlingit and the Haida are distinct linguistic members of the larger Na-Dene family.