athapaskan language

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   a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

   SynonymsAthapaskanAthapascanAthabaskanAthabascan

   BroaderAmerind

   NarrowerApacheNavahoHupaMattoleChipewyan

   United States

Questions about athapaskan language

What does athapaskan language mean?

athapaskan language means "a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)".

What is another word for athapaskan language?

Close synonyms include Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is athapaskan language a common word?

athapaskan language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.