A linguistics analysis shows that language arrived in North America in multiple waves from Siberia. The Americas have half of the world’s linguistic diversity, despite a much shorter human history.

America's reputation for being a melting pot of cultures means it is also a melting pot of languages. English and Spanish dominate when it comes to languages spoken by those living in the United ...

Papers presented at a conference, Communicating with the Indians: aspects of the language encounter with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, 1492 to 1800, held Oct. 1996. Babel of tongues: ...