Pronunciation: nä- ' d ā -( ˌ )n ā , - ' de-, -n ē
Function: noun
Etymology: na- (fr. Haida na to dwell & Tlingit na people) + Dene Déné
Date: 1915
: a hypothetically related group of American Indian languages that includes the Athabascan family, Tlingit, and Haida