Languages — Peoples of the Americas

Languages

Hundreds of languages live here

The Americas hold one of the world's great concentrations of linguistic diversity — much of it under pressure, much of it fighting back. Reference pages are added language by language, with sources.

First language · spoken by the Mapuche

Mapudungun

“speech of the land” — mapu (land) + dungun (speech)

The language of the Mapuche people, spoken in south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. Endangered after generations of pressure, and the object of a broad, determined revitalisation.

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In research
Quechua (family)
Andes
In research
Aymara
Altiplano
In research
K'iche', Yucatec & other Mayan languages
Mesoamerica
In research
Diné bizaad
Southwest United States
In research
Inuktut
Arctic

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Hundreds of languages live here

Mapudungun

In research

Quechua (family)

Aymara

K'iche', Yucatec & other Mayan languages

Diné bizaad

Inuktut