[ nα:'dɛneɪ , -ni ]
■ noun a postulated phylum of North American Indian languages including the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and (in some classifications) Haida.
Origin
from Tlingit naa 'tribe' + N. Athabaskan dene 'tribe'.
[ nα:'dɛneɪ , -ni ]
■ noun a postulated phylum of North American Indian languages including the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and (in some classifications) Haida.
Origin
from Tlingit naa 'tribe' + N. Athabaskan dene 'tribe'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004