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23 - The Athabaskan (Dene) Language Family

from Part III - Typological Profiles of Linguistic Areas and Language Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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James Cook University, North Queensland
R. M. W. Dixon
Affiliation:
James Cook University, North Queensland
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