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Athabaskan languages

Athabaskan (/ˌæθəˈbæskən/ ATH-ə-BASK-ən; also spelled Athabascan, Athapaskan or Athapascan), also known as Dene (/ˈdeɪneɪ/ DAY-nay; also spelled Dené), is a large branch of the Na-Dene language family of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern (or Apachean). Kari and Potter…

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Geographic distribution
Western North America
Glottolog
atha1247
ISO 639-2 / 5
ath
Linguistic classification
Athabaskan–EyakAthabaskan · Athabaskan
Proto-language
Proto-Athabaskan
Subdivisions
Northern · Pacific † · Southern

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Athabaskan languages

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Avg. degree1.98
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Athabaskan languages

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related to Northern Athabaskan · 62
Athabaskan languages → Ahtna, Alaska, Athabaskan, Bearlake, Beaver, Broken Mammoth, Central Alaska, Chipewyan, Cordilleran, Dakelh/Carrier, Dane-zaa, Deg Hitʼan, Denaakkʼe, Denaʼina, Dene Sounʼliné, Dene Suline, Dogrib, Dëne Sųłiné, Han, Hare
related to Sicoli & Holton (2014) · 24
Athabaskan languages → Alaska-Canada-2GwichʼinDogribNorth SlaveyCarrier, Athabaskan, Beaver, California, Dane-zaa, Deg XinagHolikachuk, Eyak, Holton, However, KaskaDene, Koyukon, KoyukonNorth Pacific Coast, Northern Tutchone, Oregon, Plains-ApacheanSarsiSouthern AthabaskanAlaska-Canada-1TananaUpper TananaLower Tanana, Sicoli, South Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Southern Tutchone, TanacrossNorthwestern CanadaHänSouth Slavey, Tlingit
related to External classification · 12
Athabaskan languages → AE, AET, Alaskan, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Because, Eyak, Na-Dene, Proto-Athabaskan, This, Tlingit, With Jeff Leer's
related to overview · 11
Athabaskan languages → Athabaskan, Below, Besides, Goddard, Hargus, It, Keren Rice, Mithun, Rice, The, Tuttle
related to Languages · 5
Athabaskan languages → Apachean, Athabaskan, Coast Athabaskan, Linguists, Northern Athabaskan
Subdivisions · 3
Athabaskan languages → Northern, Pacific †, Southern
Linguistic classification · 2
Athabaskan languages → Athabaskan, Athabaskan–EyakAthabaskan
related to Proto-Athabaskan · 2
Athabaskan languages → Athabaskan, Proto-Athabaskan
Geographic distribution · 1
Athabaskan languages → Western North America
Glottolog · 1
Athabaskan languages → atha1247

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athabaskan languages northern language family pacific coast southern tutchone alaska gwichʼin tsetsaut chipewyan tanana slavey kaska nicola tahltan classification also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Athabaskan languagesGeographic distributionWestern North America1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesGlottologatha12471.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesISO 639-2 / 5ath1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesLinguistic classificationAthabaskan–EyakAthabaskan1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesLinguistic classificationAthabaskan1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesProto-languageProto-Athabaskan1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsNorthern1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsPacific †1.00infobox
Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsSouthern1.00infobox
Upward Suninstance ofThere are many homologies between Proto-Athabaskan vocabulary and patterns reflected in archaeological sites0.80text
Swan Pointinstance ofThere are many homologies between Proto-Athabaskan vocabulary and patterns reflected in archaeological sites0.80text
Broken Mammothinstance ofThere are many homologies between Proto-Athabaskan vocabulary and patterns reflected in archaeological sites0.80text

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