Do Native American languages have similarities to Asian languages?

Mostly, no. There are only two American languages families that have relationships with languages in Asia, Na-Dene and the Inuit related ones. It is important to understand that Native people have been in the Americas a very long time.

Are Nahuatl and Quechua related?

Nahuatl (also known as Aztec) represents one of the most important indigenous languages of Latin America, spoken by more than 1.5 million people in Mexico today. Quechua represents a major language of the Andean region, presently with more than 10 million speakers.

What languages are similar to Quechua?

Cuzco, Puno, Bolivian and Ayacucho Quechua are all more similar to each other than they are to Ecuador Quechua. And the Quechua of Central Peru is even more different again from all of these. Again it will help first to have a look at the Romance language family for a comparison.

What is the Navajo language?

Na-Dene languages are a language family that is spoke in Alaska, Canada, the Pacific coast, and in the American SW. The largest group of speakers today are the Navajo. About 180,000 to 200,000 people or more speak Navajo out of 300,000 tribal members.

What is the most common indigenous language in the US?

Navajo is by and far the most common indigenous language in the U.S. As of 2011, the number of speakers almost reaches 170,000. It was once in danger of losing a lot of speakers, but the Navajo nation set up programs to teach the language as well as many bilingual schools.

Are Native American languages immigrant languages?

Over half of those languages, however, are indigenous languages spoken by members of the different Native American tribes found in the U.S. If you think about it, every other language spoken in the U.S. can be considered an immigrant language, since it was either brought over by immigrants from Europe or from other parts of the world.

What is the relationship between Native American and Asian languages?

The most definitive relationship with a Native language and one in Asia is with Siberian Yupik and Naukan Yupik (and Sirenik Yupik which is extinct). They live on the Chukchi peninsula opposite Alaska. There are less that 2000 speakers there.