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
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athabascan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan |
| Type of | native american, amerindian |
| Has types | navaho, hupa, mattole, chipewyan, navajo, apache |
athabascan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan, athapaskan language |
| Type of | american indian, amerind, amerindian language, indian, american-indian language |
| Has types | hupa, navajo, chippewaian, mattole, chipewyan, apache, chippewyan, navaho |
- Athapaskan: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
- Athapaskan: 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
- A family of American Indian languages spoken or formerly spoken in inland Alaska and Northwest Canada and by peoples of Western Oregon and Northwest California, as the Hupa (or Hoopa), and the American Southwest, as the Apache and Navajo.
