Na-Dene

Definitions of Na-Dene
  1. noun
    a family of North American Indian languages
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    types:
    Haida
    the Na-Dene language of the Haida
    Tlingit
    the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit
    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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