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Na-Dene

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nä dā′nē, nä′dā nā′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Na-De•ne  (nä dā′nē, nä′dā nā′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
  2. Language Varietiesthe hypothesized protolanguage itself.

adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof, belonging to, or pertaining to Na-Dene.
Also, Na•de′ne. 
  • name coined by Edward Sapir from assumed reflexes of a single Na-Dene root: Haida na to live, house, Tlingit na people, Athabaskan *-ne in dene, representing a word in Athabaskan languages for "person, people,'' e.g., Navajo diné 1915

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