Na-Dene

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Na-Dene is a major Native North American language family that includes Athabaskan languages, Tlingit, and sometimes Eyak, noted for its complex phonology and verb morphology.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language family ⓘ
indigenous North American language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene

Na-Dené ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
hasBranch Northern Athabaskan ⓘ
Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
hasClassificationStatus widely accepted as a distinct family ⓘ
hasDebatedRelationshipWith Dené–Yeniseian hypothesis ⓘ
hasDocumentationStatus varies by language ⓘ
hasFeature classifiers in verb morphology ⓘ
complex aspectual systems ⓘ
laryngeal contrasts ⓘ
obstruent series contrasts ⓘ
polysynthetic verb structure ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
rich consonant inventories ⓘ
tone in some daughter languages ⓘ
hasLanguage Eyak ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ
hasProposedMacroFamily Dené–Caucasian (controversial) ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Na-Dene ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
hasSubfamily Athabaskan ⓘ
Athapascan ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
hasSubgroupingDebates status of Eyak and Tlingit within the family ⓘ
includesEndangeredLanguages true ⓘ
includesExtinctLanguage Eyak ⓘ
includesLanguagesSpokenIn Alaska ⓘ
American Southwest ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Western Canada ⓘ
includesLanguageWithLargeSpeakerPopulation Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Navajo language
isImportantFor models of language dispersal in North America ⓘ
study of North American prehistory ⓘ
isKnownFor complex phonology ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
isMajorFamilyOf Native North American languages ⓘ
isNotGenerallyClassifiedAs Algic ⓘ
Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages

Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
isSubjectOf comparative linguistics research ⓘ
historical linguistics research ⓘ
reconstruction of proto-phonology ⓘ

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Referenced by (130)

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

Tlingit → languageFamily → Na-Dene ⓘ
Native Americans → languageFamily → Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Gwich’in → languageFamily → Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasLanguageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Navajo people → primaryLanguageFamily → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Na-Dene → hasSubfamily → Athapascan ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Na-Dene → hasAlternativeName → Na-Dené ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Na-Dene → hasAlternativeName → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Na-Dene → hasProtoLanguage → Proto-Na-Dene ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Jeff Leer → fieldOfWork → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Jeff Leer
linked to: Na-Dene
Navajo language → languageFamily → Na‑Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasType → Athabaskan (Dene) languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Alaska Natives → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → speaksLanguageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Loucheux → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Yukon Native Language Centre → languageFamilyFocus → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Northern Athabaskan languages → subclassOf → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Northern Athabaskan languages → partOf → Athabaskan language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Northern Athabaskan languages → languageFamily → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples → languageFamilies → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Koyukon → partOf → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
X̱aad Kíl → notPartOf → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Indigenous peoples of the Americas → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → haveLanguageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Denesuline → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Tongass people → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Alaska Native Language Center → languageFamilyCovered → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Ahtna Athabaskan → languageFamily → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Eyak → languageFamily → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Amerind (linguistic macro-family hypothesis) → excludes → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Caucasian → hasProposedMember → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Caucasian → hasProposedMember → Na-Dene family of North America ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Caucasian → involvesLanguageFamily → Na-Dene ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan → partOf → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Lipan language → belongsToMacroFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Yeniseian languages → hasSubgroup → Na-Dené languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Yeniseian languages → relatedTo → Na-Dené languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dené–Yeniseian languages → languageFamilyLinked → Na-Dené ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Apachean languages → subclassOf → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Tsilhqot'in people → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Chiricahua language → isPartOf → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dene peoples → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Tsilhqot’in language → subfamilyOf → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
linked to: Na-Dene
North American language family → includes → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Gwich’in language → languageFamily → Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Tagish → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Dogrib language → subclassOf → Na-Dene language ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Upper Tanana language → subclassOf → Na-Dene language ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
Upper Tanana language → languageFamily → Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene