Home › Words › A › athabaskanistathabaskanistathabaskanist · noun — A linguist who studies the Athabaskan languages.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Athabaskan + -ist.nounA linguist who studies the Athabaskan languages.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.algonquianist 69% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Algonquian languages. vs athabaskanist →athabascan 68% match — Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest. vs athabaskanist →caddoanist 68% match — A linguist who studies the Caddoan languages. vs athabaskanist →afroasiaticist 67% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Afroasiatic languages. vs athabaskanist →arawakanist 66% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Arawakan languages. vs athabaskanist →austroasiaticist 65% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Austroasiatic languages. vs athabaskanist →deneology 65% match — The study of the Athabascan people and language vs athabaskanist →chadicist 65% match — A linguist who specialises in studying Chadic languages. vs athabaskanist →