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Na-Dene

 
Dictionary: Na-De·ne  Na·Dé·né (''nē, -dā-nā') pronunciation
 
also n.

A proposed phylum of North American Indian languages including Athabaskan, Tlingit, and possibly Haida.

[Haida náa-, house, to live, and Tlingit naa, tribe + Proto-Athabaskan *dənæ, person.]

NaDene Na-De'ne adj.
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Meaning #1: a family of North American Indian languages


 
 
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