Re: Article on Elvish, etc.

Padraic Brown wrote:

> Interesting article! I'd only disagree with the statement that Navajo
> will be the only native American language to survive the century.
> Unless 6 million (or so) Quechua speakers disappear in the comming
> century. There are other Native American languages as well that are
> fairly strong in numbers.
Presumably the author meant that Navajo is the only language native to
the part of the Americas occupied by the United States--i.e., narrow
sense of "American" rather than broad sense.  (And please, let's not open
up that whole debate again!)

Matt.