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Hi. You wrote that Greenlandic is the only language in North America that is not threatened - this is problematic for two reasons: first other North American languages such as Navajo and Inuktitut have more speakers, if you count Mexico as north America then Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, Maya all have many more speakers. (in South America Quechua, Guaraní all have many millions of spakers) Secondly number of speakers isn't the only factor to take into account when assessing endangerment - as you note also the rate of acquisition comes into play and the level of official support. It is correct that Greenlandic is the only native american language to have a complete official status backed up by a government apparatus - but again this does not necessarily mean that it is less endangered than other extremely viable languages like Maya or Zapotec that have hundreds of thousands of speakers at all age levels. The short explanation here is - it doesn't matter what you or I believe to be the least endangered language - it matters what specialists in the field think. If you can find a reference to a reliable source stating that Greenlandic is the only non-threatened language in the Americas then we can include the claim together with the reference, if not then it is only personal speculations and we can't include that. ·Maunus·ƛ· 12:24, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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