Re: Origin of Chinese spoken languages - 6th evidence

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:29:04 GMT

Paul Kekai Manansala wrote:

> Of course, there are still millions of Amerindian speakers down there
> and they are among the fastest growing populations. Many of the
> smaller languages will die out simply because the group itself will
> cease to exist, but I think thousands of years from now the Amerindian
> languages will still be around.
>
> The number of languages will be smaller but I believe the proportion
> of speakers to the overall population will be larger. The general
> estimate for Amerindian speakers in L. America is 20-25 million
> although I think the number is much larger.

Are you including Mexico?

Otherwise, only Quechua, Aymara, and Guaraní seem viable. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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