Re: history of American "native" languages?

Janet Wright (jwright@nalusda.gov)
Mon, 16 May 1994 08:12:26 -0400


On Sun, 15 May 1994, THIBAUD SALLE <er.uqam.ca!c2040> wrote:

> Seems a bit out of topic, but does any of you know of a good general
> history of American languages (so-called natives)?
> The last good book I read was Sapir's...

Last I heard, the Smithsonian was working on a "languages" volume for
their series "Indians of North America." Anybody know any more about that?

Janet Lee Wright