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Indigenous languages of the Americas

The indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, before the arrival of Europeans. Over a thousand of these languages are still used in the 21st century, while many more are now extinct. The indigenous languages of the Americas are not all related to each other; instead, they are…

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Ethnicity
Indigenous peoples of North America
Geographic distribution
North America
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-2 / 5
nai
Linguistic classification
Not a family
Subdivisions
54 distinct families

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

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related to External links · 39
Indigenous languages of the Americas → American LanguagesIndigenous Peoples Languages, American Linguistics Archived, Americas, AmericasInternational Journal, Archived, Articles, Brazilian Native LanguagesAlaska Native, California, Catálogo, Center, Davis, Documentation, Educación Intercultural Bilingüe, First Nations Tribal Collection, Formación, Indigenous Languages, Language Center, Languages, Latin AmericaIndigenous Language InstituteThe, Linguistic Minorities
see also · 16
Indigenous languages of the Americas → American Languages Act, Americas, AmericasClassification, AmericasColección, AmericasMesoamerican, Archive, ArgentinaList, CanadaList, Indigenous, Indigenous Languages, Latin AmericaClassification, Lenguas IndígenasHaplogroup Q-M242Languages, MexicoList, PeruList, South AmericaList, United StatesList
Ethnicity · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → Indigenous peoples of North America
Geographic distribution · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → North America
Glottolog · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → None
ISO 639-2 / 5 · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → nai
Linguistic classification · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → Not a family
Subdivisions · 1
Indigenous languages of the Americas → 54 distinct families

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languages indigenous language north america many families american mexico americas proposals linguistic spoken extinct south speakers mayan also several native

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Indigenous languages of the AmericasEthnicityIndigenous peoples of North America1.00infobox
Indigenous languages of the AmericasGeographic distributionNorth America1.00infobox
Indigenous languages of the AmericasGlottologNone1.00infobox
Indigenous languages of the AmericasISO 639-2 / 5nai1.00infobox
Indigenous languages of the AmericasLinguistic classificationNot a family1.00infobox
Indigenous languages of the AmericasSubdivisions54 distinct families1.00infobox
pidginsinstance ofPidgins and mixed languagesVarious miscellaneous languages0.80text
mixed languagesinstance ofPidgins and mixed languagesVarious miscellaneous languages0.80text
trade languagesinstance ofPidgins and mixed languagesVarious miscellaneous languages0.80text
and sign languages are given below in alphabetical order.American Indian Pidgin EnglishAlgonquian-Basque pidgininstance ofPidgins and mixed languagesVarious miscellaneous languages0.80text
Indigenous languages of the Americasrelated to External linksCatálogo0.60section
Indigenous languages of the Americasrelated to External linksSouth American0.60section

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