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It is estimated that around 500 different languages were originally spoken on the North American continent; add those in Central and South America and the number is in the thousands.
The view of language experts is that there was not just a single wave of migrations from Asia into the Americas, but many migrations over a very long period of time, by many different prehistoric peoples. Some of these would have been on foot, followings herds of animals to be hunted, others would have been by boat down the west coast.
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∙ 7y agoThere is at least 500 nations which means that each has its own culture and language.
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