Na-Dene

E51913
Native American language family indigenous North American language family language family

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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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Na-Dene language family 33
Na-Dene languages 28
Na-Dene canonical 4

Statements (48)

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

Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form: Na-Dené
hasBranch Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
surface form: 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 Na-Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Na-Dene
hasSubfamily Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan

Na-Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Athapascan
hasSubgroupingDebates status of Eyak and Tlingit within the family ⓘ
includesEndangeredLanguages true ⓘ
includesExtinctLanguage Eyak ⓘ
includesLanguagesSpokenIn Alaska ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Northern Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Western Canada ⓘ
includesLanguageWithLargeSpeakerPopulation Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Navajo language ⓘ
surface form: Navajo
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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Siouan

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

Referenced by (80)

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

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