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The Americas consist of the continents of North America and South America and their associated islands, located entirely within the Western Hemisphere. They are often referred to as the New World, juxtaposed with the Old World, as they were unknown to the civilizations of Europe, Asia and Africa until 1492.
The term is a relatively recent and less ambiguous alternative to the term America, which may refer to either the entire landmass or the colloquial name for the United States of America. The original usage to describe what is sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent is deprecated for clarity, for which the Americas is used to collectively refer to the landmass and various regions of it. When used to describe a single landmass, analogous terms to America or (the) Americas are Eurasia, which consists of Europe and Asia collectively, and Eurafrasia, which is Eurasia and Africa.
Naming of America
The earliest known use of the name America for this particular landmass dates from 1507. It appears on a globe and a large map created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. An accompanying book, Cosmographiae Introductio, explains that the name was derived from the Latinized version of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci's name, Americus Vespucius, in its feminine form, America, as the other continents all have Latin feminine names. More on [ Americas ]
Caribbean :: Regional
Central America :: Regional
North America
South America :: Regional
Native Americans :: Indigenous
[CFP] YI 2010 : Young Investigators Workshop on Computational Approaches to Languages of the Americas http://bit.ly/5DvPRG
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[CFP] YI 2010 : Young Investigators Workshop on Computational Approaches to Languages of the Americas http://bit.ly/5DvPRG
American Indian Language and Web Rings Sites - Links to North, Central, and South American indigenous language pages.
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Canadian Linguistics Committee on Aboriginal Languages - Dedicated to sharing information among linguists and communities working in the area of maintenance and revitalization of First Nations and Inuit languages in Canada. With researcher information, articles on language maintenance, and links.
Endangered Native American Languages: What Is to Be Done, and Why? - Scholarly article by James Crawford on the present state of Native American languages, and what can be done to protect those that are still spoken.
Monigarr Legacy Corporation - Offers artificial-intelligence 'chatbots' to help students learn any of a dozen native Canadian languages.
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Native Languages of the Americas: Preserving and Promoting American Indian Languages - Portal to a very large number of internet resources devoted to the native languages of North, central and South America.
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Southeastern Languages - Article by Jack B.Martin on languages spoken in the Southeast of the United States, linguistic situation in the past and now.
Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico - Information on the modern languages and cultures of Mexico. Publications in and about indigenous Mexican languages.
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Teaching Indigenous Languages - Papers from endangered languages conferences and short articles on the teaching of native American languages. Topics include policy, promotion, curriculum, schools, and community.
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The Aboriginal Language Planning Workbook - Workbook prepared by the First Nations Education Steering Committee as a companion to a corresponding handbook for immersion language programs.
The First Nations Languages of British Columbia - Bibliographic and other information on the native languages of British Columbia.
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The Role of Linguistics within a Multidisciplinary Framework for Studying the Initial Peopling of the Americas - Scholarly webpage by Grant D. Zazula devoted to the linguistic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence concerning the original peopling of the American continent.
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