Classification Schemes For Indigenous Languages Of The Americas
This article is a list of different language classification proposals developed for indigenous languages of the Americas. The article is divided into North, Central, and South America sections; however, the classifications do not always neatly correspond to these continent divisions.
(See: Indigenous languages of the Americas for the main article about these languages.)
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