Athabaskan

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Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family
language family
alternativeName Athapascan
Athapaskan
linked to: Athabaskan

Dene languages
continent North America
ethnicGroupAssociated Apache peoples
linked to: Apache tribes

Dene peoples
Navajo people
geographicDistribution North America
hasBranch Northern Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Southern Athabaskan
hasSubfamily Apachean languages
Dene Suline languages
includesLanguage Ahtna
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan

Carrier
Chipewyan
Deg Xinag
Denaʼina
Dogrib
Gwichʼin
linked to: Gwich’in

Hupa
Koyukon
Navajo
linked to: Navajo people

Slavey
Tanacross
Tutchone
Upper Tanana
Western Apache
linguisticFeature complex verb morphology
prefixing verb structure
tone in many member languages
partOf Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
spokenIn Alaska
Alberta
American Southwest
Arizona
British Columbia
New Mexico
Northern California
Northwest Territories
Oklahoma
Oregon
Saskatchewan
Yukon
status many languages endangered
writingSystem Latin script (for most languages)

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koyukon languageFamily Athabaskan
Chipewyan languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Marianne Mithun studies Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Indigenous peoples of California languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
South Slavey languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Indigenous peoples of the Americas languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Aboriginal peoples of Canada hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic haveLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Slavey languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Hupa language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Hupa people
linked to: Athabaskan
Alaska Native Language Center languageFamilyCovered Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Chiricahua Apache languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Nednhi Apache languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Mescalero Apache languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Western Apache languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan subclassOf Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Dene Suline languageFamily Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
linked to: Athabaskan
Southern Athabaskan subclassOf Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Western Apache language family Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Mescalero language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Lipan language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Dené–Yeniseian languages involvesLanguage Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Apachean languages partOf Athabaskan language family
linked to: Athabaskan
Apachean languages languageBranchOf Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Tsilhqot'in people languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Lipan Apache languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Chiricahua language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Alaska Native villages ethnicGroup Athabascan
linked to: Athabaskan
Jicarilla language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Dene peoples traditionalLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Tsilhqot’in language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
linked to: Athabaskan
North American language family includes Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Gwich’in language languageSubfamily Athabaskan language family
linked to: Athabaskan
Tagish languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Dogrib language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Tanacross language family Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Tanacross language branch Alaskan Athabaskan
linked to: Athabaskan
Upper Tanana language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Kaska language family Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Hare (Sahtu) language subclassOf Athabaskan language
linked to: Athabaskan
Hare (Sahtu) language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Sekani language family Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Dakelh language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language
linked to: Athabaskan
American Indian languages haveSubgroup Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
Lower Tanana language languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan