Languages of North America - geography.

Languages of North America - geography. Overview Before European colonists arrived in North America around 1500, the continent's native peoples spoke hundreds of distinct languages. These languages belonged to at least eight unrelated language families. Today some of these Native American languages are still spoken in isolated regions. Most people, however, speak English, Spanish, and French--the languages of the three major colonial powers (see Languages of Europe Map Trek). Languages of the North American Arctic and Canada