How are Native American languages related to other languages?

This question is confusing. Native American languages are a geographical grouping, not linguistic. Plus, they’re not even related in themselves, let alone with other languages. There is a Siberian language, Ket, which seems to be related to Na-Dene languages, one of the bigger language families of North America.

Why don’t the Amerindian languages have any linguistic similarities with Asian languages?

This may be true, but if it is, they left Asia more than 20,000 years ago, which is much too long a time period for linguistic preservation to occur. None of the Amerindian languages bear any linguistic resemblance to Asian languages. Q: Are Amerindian languages descended from Hebrew, Ancient Egyptian, Scandinavian or Celtic languages?

Are the American Indians descended from the Mongols?

A: No. Many people think American Indians are descended from Mongolian people. This may be true, but if it is, they left Asia more than 20,000 years ago, which is much too long a time period for linguistic preservation to occur. None of the Amerindian languages bear any linguistic resemblance to Asian languages.

Are there any Native American languages in the Siberian region?

There is a Siberian language, Ket, which seems to be related to Na-Dene languages, one of the bigger language families of North America. (Na-Dene languages include, among others, Navajo and the Apache languages.)

What happened to the indigenous languages of the Americas?

As a result, indigenous American languages suffered from cultural suppression and loss of speakers. By the 18th and 19th centuries, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, and Dutch, brought to the Americas by European settlers and administrators, had become the official or national languages of modern nation-states of the Americas.

What is the most widely spoken indigenous language in the world?

The most widely spoken indigenous language is Southern Quechua, with about 6 to 7 million speakers, primarily in South America. In the United States, the Navajo language is the most spoken Native American language, with more than 200,000 speakers in the Southwestern United States.

How many languages do the Sioux speak?

The Sioux language family includes three dialects, one of them being Lakota. Only 2000 people speak Lakota today and the average Lakota speaker is 65 years old. The language can be heard in North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Like most Native American tongues]