INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE HISTORY OF THEIR ORIGIN
30.06.2024
International Scientific Journal "Science and Innovation". Series C. Volume 3 Issue 6
Abstract. This article presents the opinions of several scholars on the classification, origin, and possible relationship of the indigenous languages of North and South America to the Turkic language family. Examples from the languages of indigenous peoples of North and South America are given and their equivalents in Turkic languages are shown on the basis of the table. The contribution of Eduard Sepir, a scientist, linguist, and anthropologist who thoroughly studied American Indian languages, to the classification of these languages is highlighted.
Keywords: classification of indigenous American languages, polysynthetic languages, agglutinative languages, American Indian languages, Mayan tribal languages, hypothesis, ethno linguistics.
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