Indigenous Languages Explained: Native American Languages In The United States

Indigenous languages once flourished in the United States. Today, they continue to account for a large portion of the nation’s linguistic diversity.

In this video, Andrina Wekontash Smith explores the history of Native American languages and modern efforts of revitalization.

Read More: What Was, And What Is: Native American Languages In The United States

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 The state of Native American languages
1:45 How does a language die out?
2:00 Efforts to reclaim languages
2:43 What's the purpose of saving a language?

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[NotChanelleLize]

Awesome! I hope Indigenous languages get added to Babbel soon.

[JonDoeNeace]

Basically you have Diné, Algonquian, Iroquoisan, Siouxan, and Aztecan. That's an over simplistic way to say it but that's the majority.

Macro Algonquian includes Algonquian and Mvskoke Nations (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek) and nearly a dozen individualized isolates.
Iroquoisan is a distinct and very numerous isolate. Covers the Tsalagi(Cherokee) and the Six Nations.
Siouxan is a distinct and numerous isolate. Covers the Lakota, Dakota, and related tongues.
Aztecan includes tribes in the U.S. with a related tongue to Indigenous people in Northern Mexico, covering the Comanche, most notably.
Diné covers primarily the Navajo, Apache, and Tlingit.

[Wrapscallionn]

I am a muscogee descendant, so i am learning it. :D

[emmaKim]

I wanna learn Native American language too!

[kzm-cbmr]

Even if they somehow come back, their speakers are already heavily Anglicized/Americanized. The way they think and the way they see the world is often associated with the language they inherited growing up, and most of Native Americans grew up speaking English.

[viviya]

They should be taught in every school from each regions around United States

[animehero]

Let's continue this, our language my brothers and sisters. Make our native language into movies of being spoken.😢