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- Tlingit · derived fromnaa
- English todayNa-Dene
Coined by Edward Sapir in 1915, from Tlingit naa and Athabaskan dene, both meaning people or tribe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Na-Dene
Today it means: A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America. Full definition →
Tlingit naa