Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

46 languages

Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit is a language family of 46 languages; the most are spoken in United States and Canada.

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Central Alaska-Yukon AthabaskanPacific Coast AthabaskanNorthwestern Canada AthabaskanApacheanCentral British Columbia AthabaskanSouthern Alaskan AthabaskanOther shapes

Na-Dene ( 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. By far the most widely spoken Na-Dene language today is Navajo, which is also the most spoken indigenous language north of Mexico.

Some linguists have proposed a genetic relationship between Na-Dene and the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia, termed Dene–Yeniseian. However, this proposal is not universally accepted.

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