American Indian languages

E352726
cultural heritage indigenous languages of the Americas language group

American Indian languages are the diverse indigenous languages of the Americas, encompassing numerous distinct language families and cultural traditions across North, Central, and South America.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
American Indian languages canonical 3
Native American languages of North America 3
Amerindian language family 2

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areCharacterizedBy complex morphology ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
many language isolates ⓘ
numerous language families ⓘ
polysynthesis in many languages ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
arePartOf indigenous cultures of the Americas ⓘ
areRecognizedBy various national constitutions in the Americas ⓘ
areSpokenBy First Nations ⓘ
surface form: First Nations peoples

indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Central America

indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Mexico

Indigenous peoples of South America ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form: Native American peoples
areStudiedIn anthropological linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
areSubjectOf language revitalization efforts ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ
areUsedIn indigenous education programs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
continent Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
haveSubgroup Algonquian languages ⓘ
Arawakan languages ⓘ
Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages

Carib languages ⓘ
surface form: Cariban languages

Chibchan languages ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Hokan languages ⓘ
Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ
Muskogean languages ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form: Na-Dene languages

Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Penutian languages ⓘ
Quechuan language family ⓘ
surface form: Quechuan languages

Salishan languages ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ
Tupian languages ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
includeLanguage Aymara ⓘ
surface form: Aymara language

Cherokee language ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
Kalaallisut ⓘ
surface form: Greenlandic language

Guaraní ⓘ
surface form: Guarani language

Inuktitut ⓘ
surface form: Inuktitut language

K’iche’ language ⓘ
Lakota language ⓘ
Mapudungun language ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form: Nahuatl language

Navajo language ⓘ
Anishinaabemowin ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe language

Quechua ⓘ
surface form: Quechua language

Tzotzil ⓘ
surface form: Tzotzil language
influenced loanwords in English ⓘ
loanwords in Portuguese ⓘ
loanwords in Spanish ⓘ
toponymy in the Americas ⓘ
status many endangered ⓘ
some extinct ⓘ
some revitalized ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Columbian ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of American Ethnology → mainSubject → American Indian languages ⓘ
Chimariko language → isPartOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native languages of North America
Wintuan languages → subclassOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amerindian languages of North America
Theodore B. Fernald → researchInterest → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Indian linguistics
Pamela Munro → fieldOfWork → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native American languages
Roland B. Dixon → fieldOfWork → American Indian languages ⓘ
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas → subfield → American Indian languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Amerind (linguistic macro-family hypothesis)
this entity surface form: Amerindian linguistics
Algic → subclassOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amerindian language family
Huitoto (Witoto) → languageFamily → American Indian languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Huitoto
this entity surface form: American Indigenous languages
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology → mainSubject → American Indian languages ⓘ
Northern Tutchone → belongsToMacroArea → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American Indigenous languages
Chasta Costa → partOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native American languages of North America
Okwanuchu → partOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native American languages of North America
Yok-Utian languages → subclassOf → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amerindian language family
Delta Yokuts → hasCategory → American Indian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native American languages of North America