The languages indigenous to North America are characterized by a remarkable genetic and typological diversity. Based on the premise that linguistic examples pla

This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological

Native American languages are spoken from Siberia to Greenland, and from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego; they include the southernmost language of the world (Ya

In 1664, French Jesuit Louis Nicolas arrived in Quebec. Upon first hearing Ojibwe, Nicolas observed that he had encountered the most barbaric language in the wo

The Indigenous Languages of the Americas is a comprehensive assessment of what is known about their history and classification. It identifies gaps in knowledge