About 165. Multilingualism in North America is usually discussed (apart from the status of French in Canada) in terms of English vs. Spanish, or the languages of immigrant populations such as Cantonese or Khmer, but we should remember that the Americas were a region with many languages well before modern Europeans or Asians arrived. In pre-contact times, over 300 languages were spoken in North America. Of these, about half have died out completely. All we know of them comes from early word lists or limited grammatical and textual records. But that still leaves about 165 of North Americas indigenous languages spoken at least to some extent today.

I totally agree with Derrick and Norman. Thinking that only European languages are spoken here shows an enormous degree of ignorance!!

There are also MANY Native American Indian languages still spoken throughout the US and Canada. Some include: Navajo (see the movie WINDTALKERS?), Seminole, Apache, Cherokee, Crow, Inuit, Blackfoot, Cheyenne and many more.

french and english in canada; english in united stats;

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