Athapaskan language vs Athapaskan

Athapaskan language and Athapaskan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Athapaskan language	Yes	No	No	No
Athapaskan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Athapaskan language and Athapaskan are synonyms defined as:

Athapaskan language and Athapaskan: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

Other synonyms of Athapaskan language include Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan.

Athapaskan language (noun)	Athapaskan (noun)
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)	a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
	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