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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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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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