1. A family of Native American languages spoken primarily in western North America
   "Navajo is the most widely spoken Athapascan";
   - Athapaskan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language
    
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
   - Athapaskan, Athabaskan, Athabascan

Derived forms: Athapascans

Type of: American Indian, American Indian language, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian, Amerindian language, Indian, Indian language, Native American

Encyclopedia: Athapascan