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Athapascan
/ ˌæθəˈbæskən; ˌæθəˈpæskən /
noun
- a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- a speaker of one of these languages
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Athapascan1
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Example Sentences
On the north, Quoratean tribes extended to the Athapascan territory near the Oregon line.
This ancient Athapascan alliance is another link in the chain connecting the Kiowa with the far north.
Merriam deviated from Kroeber very widely in his tribal names for the Athapascan groups.
For the three remaining northern Athapascan tribes we possess very little data of a strictly ethnographic character.
Above them were the Upper Umpqua villages, of the Athapascan stock.
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