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  1. Indigenous Peoples Of North America

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    Linguistic diversity in North America rivals that of the entire African continent. Major established macro-groupings include Na-Dené (encompassing Athabaskan languages), Uto-Aztecan, and the vast, often contentious Algonquian family.
    However, a unique linguistic phenomenon is the prevalence of Transitive Noun-Verb Agglutination (TNVA) in languages of the Eastern Woodlands. In TNVA, a single word can encapsulate the entire context of an action, including the time of day, the emotional state of…