Indigenous languages of North America

Also known as: North American Indian languages

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Indigenous languages of North America, those languages that are indigenous to the United States and Canada, and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend into Mexico, some as far south as Central America. The present article focuses on the Indigenous languages of Canada, Greenland, and the United States. (For further information on the Indigenous languages of Mexico and Central America, see Indigenous languages of...