Wikipedia:POTD column/April 1, 2006

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This map shows the distribution of North American language families north of Mexico.

Indigenous languages of the Americas (or Amerindian Languages) are spoken by indigenous peoples from the southern tip of South America to Alaska and Greenland, encompassing the land masses which constitute the Americas. These indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families as well as many language isolates and unclassified languages.

Map credit: Ish ishwar
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