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First Nations peoples in North America spoke a variety of different languages, as there were many different tribes and nations with distinct linguistic traditions. Some examples of languages spoken by First Nations people include Navajo, Cherokee, Cree, and Inuktitut. These languages are part of diverse language families such as Algonquian, Iroquoian, Athabaskan, and Inuit.

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