na-dene

1. 1.

   a family of North American Indian languages

   BroaderAmerind

   NarrowerHaidaTlingit

Questions about na-dene

What does na-dene mean?

na-dene means "a family of North American Indian languages".

How many syllables are in na-dene?

na-dene has 2 syllables and divides as na--dene under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is na-dene a common word?

na-dene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.