Back Na-Dené-tale Afrikaans Luengas na-dene AN لغات نا-ديني Arabic Llingües na-dené AST Na-Dene dilləri Azerbaijani نا-دنه دیللری AZB На-дэне Byelorussian Yezhoù na-dene Breton Na-dené Catalan Jazyky na-dené Czech
| Na-Dene | |
|---|---|
| Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit | |
| Geographic distribution | North America |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families (or Dene–Yeniseian?) |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-5 | xnd |
| Glottolog | atha1245 |
 Distribution of Na-Dene languages | |
Na-Dene (/ˌnɑːdɪˈneɪ/ NAH-dih-NAY; also Nadene, Na-Dené, Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit, Tlina–Dene) is a family of Native American languages that includes at least the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit languages. Haida was formerly included but is now generally considered a language isolate.[1] By far the most widely spoken Na-Dene language today is Navajo, also the most spoken indigenous language north of Mexico.
Some linguists have proposed that the Na-Dene family is related to the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia, creating a Dene–Yeniseian family.[2][3] However, this proposal has not been accepted by some linguists.[4]
- ^ Levine (1979)
- ^ Dene–Yeniseic Symposium Archived 2018-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, University of Alaska Fairbanks, February 2008, accessed 30 Mar 2010
- ^ Sicoli, Mark A.; Holton, Gary (12 March 2014). "Linguistic Phylogenies Support Back-Migration from Beringia to Asia". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e91722. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...991722S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091722. PMC 3951421. PMID 24621925.
- ^ Starostin, George (2012-02-01). "Dene-Yeniseian: a critical assessment". Journal of Language Relationship. 8 (1): 117–138. doi:10.31826/jlr-2012-080109. ISSN 2219-4029.