The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the pre-Columbian era. The subcontinent has great linguistic diversity, but, as the number of speakers of indigenous languages is diminishing, it is estimated that it could become one of the least linguistically diverse regions of the planet.
About 600 indigenous languages are known from South America, Central America, and the Antilles (see List of indigenous languages of South America), although the actual number of languages that existed in the past may have been substantially higher.
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The languagesofSouthAmerica can be divided into three broad groups: the languagesof the (in most cases, former) colonial powers; many indigenous languages...
Indigenouslanguagesof the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before the arrival of non-Indigenous peoples...
This is a list of different language classification proposals developed for the Indigenouslanguagesof the Americas. The article is divided into North...
the indigenouslanguagesofSouthAmerica. Extinct languages are marked by dagger signs (†). Demographics ofIndigenouslanguagesofSouthAmerica by country...
outside of them, around 23 Indigenouslanguages (or Native AmericanIndigenouslanguages) are spoken as a first language. Of these 23 languages, they only...
This is a list ofindigenouslanguages that are or were spoken in the present territory of Argentina. Although the official languageof Argentina is Spanish...
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in SouthAmerica, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani. Rodrigues...
speaks or signs 238 languages, of which approximately 217 are indigenous and others are non-indigenous . In 2005, no indigenouslanguage was spoken by more...
The languagesof North America reflect not only that continent's indigenous peoples, but the European colonization as well. The most widely spoken languages...
This is a partial list of extinct languagesofSouthAmerica, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant...
national language mostly out of respect to the indigenous communities that still exist. Most indigenouslanguages are endangered, with some languages expected...
Classification of the IndigenousLanguagesofSouthAmerica". In Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Veronica (eds.). Classification of the IndigenousLanguagesofSouth America:...
The following purported languagesofSouthAmerica are listed as unclassified in Campbell (2012), Loukotka (1968), Ethnologue, and Glottolog. Nearly all...
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and SouthAmerica. The Americas make up most of the...
The following is a list ofindigenous peoples ofSouthAmerica. These include the peoples living in SouthAmerica in the pre-Columbian era and the historical...
Americanlanguage(s) may refer to: Indigenouslanguagesof the Americas, languages spoken by indigenous peoples from North America and SouthAmerica Languages...
(2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília. Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenouslanguagesofSouthAmerica". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell...
being languagesof former Native American tribes. There are 108 languages listed. Indigenouslanguages European language dialects Pidgin languages Indigenous...
genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas during about 20,000...
speakers use the language as their primary language. According to Law 19253, also known as "The Indigenous Law" (1993), indigenouslanguages are officially...
Portuguese) (2nd ed.). University of Brasília. Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenouslanguagesofSouthAmerica". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell...
a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenouslanguagesof the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as...
is also occasionally used to refer broadly to the various indigenouslanguagesof the Americas without necessarily implying that they are a genealogical...
Indigenous Mexican Americans or Mexican American Indians are American citizens who are descended from the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Indigenous Mexican-Americans...