Na-Dene languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit_languages
gptkbp:category gptkb:Indigenous_languages_of_North_America
Native American languages
Language families
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:Eyak
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Edward_Sapir
1915
gptkbp:glottologCode na-dene
xnd
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Eyak_language
gptkb:Tlingit_language
gptkb:Athabaskan_languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 xnd
gptkbp:languageFamily Dené–Yeniseian (proposed)
gptkbp:linguisticFeature complex verb morphology
polysynthetic structure
prefixing and suffixing
tonal distinctions (in some languages)
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Chipewyan
gptkb:Carrier
gptkb:Dena’ina
gptkb:Hupa
gptkb:Slavey
gptkb:Apache
gptkb:Eyak
gptkb:Koyukon
gptkb:Navajo
gptkb:Tlingit
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers approximately 200,000
gptkbp:proposedMacroFamily gptkb:Dené–Caucasian_languages
gptkbp:proposedRelatedFamily gptkb:Yeniseian_languages
gptkbp:region gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkb:Western_Canada
gptkb:Northern_Mexico
gptkbp:status endangered (many languages)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Athabascan
gptkb:Athapaskan
gptkb:Eskimo–Aleut_languages
gptkb:Dene_languages
gptkb:Eskimo-Aleut
gptkb:Lower_Koyukon
gptkb:Athabaskan_languages
gptkb:Yeniseian_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Na-Dene languages