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.
Wiktionary
Origin of Na-Dene
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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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