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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit_languages
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Indigenous_languages_of_North_America
Native American languages
Language families
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gptkbp:extinct
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gptkb:Eyak
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Edward_Sapir
1915
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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na-dene
xnd
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Eyak_language
gptkb:Tlingit_language
gptkb:Athabaskan_languages
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Na-Dene languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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xnd
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gptkbp:languageFamily
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Dené–Yeniseian (proposed)
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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complex verb morphology
polysynthetic structure
prefixing and suffixing
tonal distinctions (in some languages)
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Chipewyan
gptkb:Carrier
gptkb:Dena’ina
gptkb:Hupa
gptkb:Slavey
gptkb:Apache
gptkb:Eyak
gptkb:Koyukon
gptkb:Navajo
gptkb:Tlingit
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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approximately 200,000
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gptkbp:proposedMacroFamily
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gptkb:Dené–Caucasian_languages
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gptkbp:proposedRelatedFamily
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gptkb:Yeniseian_languages
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:North_America
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkb:Western_Canada
gptkb:Northern_Mexico
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gptkbp:status
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endangered (many languages)
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
gptkb:Latin_script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Native_American_tribe
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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