Na-Dene language family

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Na-Dené
gptkbp:endangeredStatus many languages endangered
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Edward_Sapir
1915
gptkbp:glottologCode nade1247
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Na-Dene language family
gptkbp:ISO639-3 nai
gptkbp:linguisticFeature complex verb morphology
tonal distinctions in some languages
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Apache_languages
gptkb:Chipewyan
gptkb:Gwich’in
gptkb:Carrier
gptkb:Dena’ina
gptkb:Slavey
gptkb:Navajo
gptkb:Tlingit
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Galice
gptkb:Mattole
gptkb:Tsilhqot’in
gptkb:Upper_Umpqua
gptkb:Chipewyan
gptkb:Gwich’in
gptkb:Applegate
gptkb:Carrier
gptkb:Chilcotin
gptkb:Dena’ina
gptkb:Hupa
gptkb:Kaska
gptkb:Sekani
gptkb:Slavey
gptkb:Tagish
gptkb:Tahltan
gptkb:Tsetsaut
gptkb:Tutchone
gptkb:Kwalhioqua-Clatskanie
gptkb:Apache
gptkb:Ahtna
gptkb:Deg_Xinag
gptkb:Eyak
gptkb:Koyukon
gptkb:Navajo
gptkb:Shasta
gptkb:Smith_River
gptkb:Tanacross
gptkb:Tlingit
gptkb:Upper_Tanana
gptkb:Nicola
gptkb:Wiyot
gptkb:Chetco
gptkb:Yurok
gptkb:Karok
gptkb:Wailaki
gptkb:Chasta_Costa
gptkb:Tolowa
gptkb:Tututni
Babine-Witsuwit’en
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers approximately 200,000
gptkbp:possibleRelation gptkb:Dené–Yeniseian_languages
Sino-Tibetan languages (disputed)
gptkbp:possibleSubfamily gptkb:Haida_language
gptkbp:region gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Western_Canada
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Eyak_language
gptkb:Tlingit_language
gptkb:Athabaskan_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
Cyrillic script (for some languages)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Athapaskan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7