Re: Need sources and root words --- an y one know anything about the Na-Déné?

Actually, that's exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you so much!

-----Steven A.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Dirk Elzinga <dirk elzinga@...>wrote:

> Steven:
>
> Your question isn't a simple one, and would require a great deal of time in
> dictionaries. I suggest you look at this article:
>
> Sapir, Edward. 1936. "Internal linguistic evidence suggestive of the
> Northern origin of the Navaho". American Anthropologist (38): 224–235.
>
> It's not Apache, but it might be useful and may help you formulate a
> question that would be easier and less time-consuming to answer.
>
> Dirk
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Steven A. Williams <
> ignisglaciesque@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Howdy, y'all,
> >
> > I'm looking for examples of the Apache language retaining Athabaskan root
> > words for concepts and objects not found in their environment, like, say,
> > 'caribou' or 'snow'. I would be very grateful if someone could point me
> > some
> > cites.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steven A.
> >
>
> --
> Miapimoquitch: Tcf Pt*p+++12,4(c)v(v/c) W* Mf+++h+++t*a2c*g*n4 Sf++++argh
> La----c++d++600
>