The indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, before the arrival of Europeans. Over a thousand of these languages are still used
Yucatec Maya writing in the Dresden Codex, c.11–12th century, Chichen Itza
A Urarina shaman, 1988
Guarani language
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Guarani is a Tupian language belonging to the Tupi–Guarani branch of South America. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay, where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where
Indigenous languages of the Americas
…users) or entirely extinct. The most widely spoken indigenous languages are Southern Quechua (spoken primarily in southern Peru and Bolivia) and Guarani (centered in Paraguay, where it shares national language status with Spanish), with perhaps six or seven million speakers apiece (including many of…
Books in Guarani
A government sign in Asunción, Paraguay; bilingual in Guarani and Spanish