athapaskan – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Athapaskan
n.
member of an Athapaskan speaking tribe
n.
family of American Indian languages
Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan or
Athabascan (also
Dene,
Athapascan,
Athapaskan) is a large family of
indigenous languages of
North America, located in western North America in three groups of contiguous languages: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern (or Apachean). Kari and Potter 2010:10 place the total territory of the 53 Athabaskan languages at 1,563,000 mi
2 or 4,022,000 km
2.
Chipewyan is spoken over the largest area of any North American native language.
Athapaskan
Noun
1. a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
(synonym) Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan
(hypernym) Indian, North American Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
(hyponym) Apache
2. a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
(synonym) Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language
(hypernym) Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
(hyponym) Apache
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Athapaskan
n.
Athapaskan, family of American Indian languages
Athapaskan
nm.
Athapascan, member of an Indian tribe that speaks an Athabaskan language
athapaskan
n.
Athapaskan, family of American Indian languages
