ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Athapaskan language mean? 

• ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

  Familiarity information: ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language

Hypernyms ("Athapaskan language" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Athapaskan language"):

Apache (the language of the Apache)

Navaho; Navajo (the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho)

Hupa (the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa)

Mattole (the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole)

Chipewyan; Chippewaian; Chippewyan (the language spoken by the Chipewyan)