Indigenous languages of North America: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	North American Indian languages

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Topics

Wakashan languages Macro-Penutian languages Mobilian Jargon Na-Dené languages Macro-Algonquian languages Hokan hypothesis Penutian languages Aztec-Tanoan hypothesis Macro-Siouan hypothesis Salishan languages Indigenous languages of Mesoamerica South American Indian languages

Key People

Powell, John Wesley

John Wesley Powell

American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist

Edward Sapir and colleagues from the University of Chicago

Edward Sapir

American linguist

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Paul Radin

American anthropologist

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Leonard Bloomfield

American linguist

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