Home›North American Language Families›Macro-area›Athabaskan and Na-DeneGroupAthabaskan and Na-DeneThis group collects members of the Athabaskan (Athapaskan) branch of the Na-Dene family, one of the most geographically dispersed indigenous language groupings of North America, spoken from interior Alaska and northwestern Canada south in scattered pockets to the American Southwest (Navajo and the Apachean languages) and northern California and Oregon. Placement follows each member's own description naming it Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Na-Dene or Dene.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary RegionWell-attestedNorth America 1Browse ByAll Athabaskan and Na-DeneAthabaskan and Na-Dene10 entriesAthabaskan and Na-DeneFilter Results10 entriesSpeaker Count BandAll1 to 570 (1)24,600 to 795,000 (2)RegionAllAlaska (1)British Columbia (1)North America (7)Siberia (1)South America (1)The American South (2)The Pacific Northwest (1)Washington (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Classification StatusAllEstablished (6)Number of LanguagesAll1 (1)2 (1)16 to 1,408 (2)6 to 15 (3)In GroupAllAthabaskan and Na-Dene (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10AmerindNorth American Language FamiliesApachean languagesNorth American Language FamiliesAthabaskanNorth American Language FamiliesDene-YeniseianNorth American Language FamiliesHaidaNorth American Language FamiliesNa-DeneNorth American Language Families3 linksNorthern Athabaskan languagesNorth American Language FamiliesPacific Coast Athabaskan languagesNorth American Language FamiliesSouthern AthabaskanNorth American Language FamiliesTlingit languageNorth American Language FamiliesSources1. Wikipedia: Na-Dene Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionNa-Dene ( NAH-dih-NAY; also Nadene, Na-Dené, Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Tlina-Dene) is a family of Native American languages that includes at least the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit languages.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.