Project Gutenberg 2005-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 586 Powell, John Wesley 1834 1902 Powell, J. W. (John Wesley) Powell, Wes Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico" by John Wesley Powell is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the diverse languages spoken by the indigenous tribes of North America, offering a comprehensive analysis of their classifications and relationships. The book likely appeals to those interested in linguistics, anthropology, and the understanding of indigenous cultures within America. At the start of the book, the author discusses the complexities surrounding the study of Native American languages, highlighting the historical interactions between tribes and the influence of European settlers which led to language borrowing and the development of intertribal jargons. Powell outlines the difficulties faced by researchers, including the vast number of linguistic families and the confusing overlaps due to cultural exchanges. He proposes a need for a standardized nomenclature to better classify and analyze these languages, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of linguistic families and their geographical distributions throughout North America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Indians of North America -- Languages Indians of North America -- Languages -- Bibliography E011 Text Native America Category: History - American Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Language & Communication 647598 2025-08-07T10:52:27.595113 text/html 633886 2020-12-13T11:51:16 text/html 1340464 2025-08-07T10:52:44.215095 application/epub+zip 1348385 2025-08-07T10:52:32.955970 application/epub+zip 249515 2025-08-07T10:52:30.644041 application/epub+zip 1723666 2025-08-07T10:52:49.936407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1693055 2025-08-07T10:52:42.395904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402204 2022-09-08T10:18:00.446994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496588 2025-08-07T10:52:24.641984 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 498001 2020-12-13T11:51:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 496068 2020-12-13T11:51:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 497413 2020-12-13T11:51:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23120 2025-08-07T10:52:50.108349 application/rdf+xml 24957 2025-08-07T10:52:31.279139 image/jpeg 4948 2025-08-07T10:52:30.966982 image/jpeg 154805 2020-12-13T11:51:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 154116 2020-12-13T11:51:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 1236120 2020-12-13T11:51:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 154246 2020-12-13T11:51:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 1331926 2025-08-07T10:52:27.657344 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia