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In the United States, the Navajo language is the most spoken Native American language, with more than 200,000 speakers in the Southwestern United States. The US Marine Corps recruited Navajo men, who were established as code talkers during World War II.
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First ...
In American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America, Lyle Campbell describes various pidgins and trade languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. [20] Some of these mixed languages have not been documented and are known only by name. Medny Aleut (Copper Island Aleut) Chinook Jargon; Broken Slavey (Slavey ...
Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee, in Oklahoma; Chewa – Nyanja Official language in: Republic of Malawi and Republic of Zambia; Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots Spoken in: Montana, United States and Oklahoma, United States; Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी Spoken in: Republic of ...
Saparo–Yawan languages; Sechura–Catacao languages; Sinacantán language; Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; Template:South American languages; List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin
Native American language revitalization (1 C, 134 P) Native American slang (3 P) T. Native American toponymy (53 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Indigenous languages of ...
Edward A. Goldman reported hearing the name from "several native hunters" in Panama in 1920. It is also reported as a native name for the howler monkey in Nicaragua. [188] Opossum (Didelphimorphia) marsupial: Powhatan: From aposoum ("white animal"), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa ("white dog"), originally referring to the Virginia ...