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athabaskan

Ath·a·bas·kan
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ath-uh-bas-kuh n]
    • /ˌæθ əˈbæs kən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ath-uh-bas-kuh n]
    • /ˌæθ əˈbæs kən/

Definitions of athabaskan word

  • noun athabaskan a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo 3
  • noun athabaskan a member of any of the peoples speaking these languages 3
  • adjective athabaskan designating or of these peoples or their languages or cultures 3
  • noun athabaskan a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14). 1
  • noun athabaskan a member of any of various American Indian peoples speaking Athabaskan. 1
  • adjective athabaskan belonging to or characteristic of the Athabaskans. 1
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Origin of athabaskan

First appearance:

before 1770
One of the 46% newest English words
1770-80; earlier Athapasca(s), introduced as a term for the Canadian Athabaskans (< Woods Cree ahδapaska·w Lake Athabaska, literally, there are reeds here and there < Proto-Algonquian *aʔlap(y)- net, reticulated + *-ašk- plant + derivational elements) + -an

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Parts of speech for Athabaskan

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Athabaskan

athabaskan popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Related words

  • na-dene

    a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.

  • apache

    a member of a North American Indian people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico

  • navajo

    a member of the principal tribe of the southern division of the Athabaskan stock of North American Indians, located in New Mexico and Arizona, and now constituting the largest tribal group in the U.S.

  • ahtna

    a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.

  • apachean

    a subgroup of the Athabaskan language family comprising the languages of the Apache tribes and the Navajo.

  • chipewyan

    a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
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