American Languages

For American languages see:

  • Indigenous languages of the Americas
  • Languages of North America
  • Languages of South America
  • Languages of the United States

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or languages:

    “Lincoln becomes the American solar myth, the chief butt of American credulity and sentimentality.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)