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Amerind

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[ am-uh-rind ]

noun

  1. any of the Indigenous languages of the American Indians.


AmerInd

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or Amer. Ind.

abbreviation for

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See Indian.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Amerind1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; Amer(ican) + Ind(ian)
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A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies.

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He discovered that Indians formed “three New World dental clusters†corresponding to Greenberg’s Aleut, Na-Dene, and Amerind.

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Health & Science article “Easter Island’s people weren’t alone†stated that South American Amerind DNA in the Easter Island population resulted from islanders bringing people back from South America.

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It is not clear why the Chipewyans and others speak a Na-Dene language if most of their DNA is from Amerind speakers.

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Polygamy generally prevailed among the Amerinds, and modern civilization is accustomed to regard this as an evil from the standpoint of the woman.

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