Definition of Na-dene

1. Noun. A family of North American Indian languages.


Definition of Na-dene

1. Proper noun. A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America. ¹

2. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Na-Dene) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Na-dene

NYSE
NYT
NYX
NZ
NZALPA
NZE
NZPIF
N Centauri
N chimaerin
N glycanase
N line
N methyl D aspartate receptor
N myc
N protein
Na'vi
Na-Dene
NaCl
Nabalus
Nabalus alba
Nabalus serpentarius
Nabatean
Nabateans
Naberezhnye Chelny
Nablus
Nabokov
Nabokovian
Nabokovism
Nabokovisms
Naboth

Literary usage of Na-dene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"[170(15)] na-dene 4552. SAPIR, EDWARD. Dene dictionary; nd 500 pp. each. ... Volumes 1, 3, and 4 are comparative Na-Dene with provision for various ..."

2. Russian Orthodox Church Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands And Its Relation by Vyacheslav Ivanov (1998)
"In his classification Tlingit, North-Athabascan languages, and Haida are fused together which makes him a predecessor of Sapir's Na-Dene hypothesis (the ..."

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