Athapaskan language

Definitions of Athapaskan language
  1. noun
    a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
    synonyms: Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan
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    Apache
    the language of the Apache
    Navaho, Navajo
    the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho
    Hupa
    the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa
    Mattole
    the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole
    Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan
    the language spoken by the Chipewyan
    Chiricahua Apache
    an Apache language
    San Carlos Apache
    an Apache language
    type of:
    American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language
    a dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas
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