athabaskan
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1. a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | apache, |
| definition | : | the language of the Apache (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | navaho, navajo, |
| definition | : | the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hupa, |
| definition | : | the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mattole, |
| definition | : | the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole (noun.communication) |
2. a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | apache, |
| definition | : | any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | chipewyan, |
| definition | : | a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hupa, |
| definition | : | a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mattole, |
| definition | : | a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | navaho, navajo, |
| definition | : | a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah (noun.person) |
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