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ATHAPASKAN LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Synonyms:
Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)