Athabaskan

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Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family
language family
alternativeName Athabaskan language family
surface form: Athapascan

Athabaskan
surface form: Athapaskan

Dene languages
continent North America
ethnicGroupAssociated Apache tribes
surface form: Apache peoples

Dene peoples
Navajo people
geographicDistribution North America
hasBranch Northern Athabaskan languages
surface form: Northern Athabaskan

Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Southern Athabaskan
hasSubfamily Apachean languages
Dene Suline languages
includesLanguage Ahtna Athabaskan
surface form: Ahtna

Carrier
Chipewyan
Deg Xinag
Denaʼina
Dogrib
Gwich’in
surface form: Gwichʼin

Hupa
Koyukon
Navajo people
surface form: Navajo

Slavey
Tanacross
Tutchone
Upper Tanana
Western Apache
linguisticFeature complex verb morphology
prefixing verb structure
tone in many member languages
partOf Na-Dene
surface form: Na-Dene language family
spokenIn Alaska
Alberta
southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Arizona
British Columbia
New Mexico
Northern California
Northwest Territories
Oklahoma
Oregon
Saskatchewan
Yukon
status many languages endangered
writingSystem Latin script (for most languages)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koyukon languageFamily Athabaskan
Chipewyan languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Marianne Mithun studies Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Indigenous peoples of California languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
South Slavey languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
indigenous peoples of the Americas languageFamily Athabaskan
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Aboriginal peoples of Canada hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic haveLanguageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Slavey languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Hupa people languageFamily Athabaskan
subject surface form: Hupa language
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Alaska Native Language Center languageFamilyCovered Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Chiricahua Apache languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Nednhi Apache languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Mescalero Apache languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Western Apache languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Ahtna Athabaskan languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Pacific Coast Athabaskan subclassOf Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Dene Suline (Chipewyan) languageFamily Athabaskan
subject surface form: Dene Suline
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Southern Athabaskan subclassOf Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Western Apache language family Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Mescalero language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Lipan language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed) involvesLanguage Athabaskan
subject surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Apachean languages partOf Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan language family
Apachean languages languageBranchOf Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Tsilhqot'in people languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Lipan Apache languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Chiricahua language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Alaska Native villages ethnicGroup Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabascan
Jicarilla language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Dene peoples traditionalLanguageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) languageFamily Athabaskan
subject surface form: Tsilhqot’in language
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
North American language family includes Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Gwich’in language languageSubfamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan language family
Tagish languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Dogrib language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Tanacross language family Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Tanacross language branch Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Alaskan Athabaskan
Upper Tanana language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Kaska language family Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Hare (Sahtu) language subclassOf Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan language
Hare (Sahtu) language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Sekani language family Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Dakelh (Carrier) language languageFamily Athabaskan
subject surface form: Dakelh language
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
American Indian languages haveSubgroup Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages
Lower Tanana language languageFamily Athabaskan
this entity surface form: Athabaskan languages