I mean, for example south and Central America only have like 2 or 3 languages, and is like the same territory of Europe, but in Europe in a “small” area are more than 6 languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian). Focus more in explaining why in Europe are so many languages in such a “small” territory?
Edit 1: yeah I know América has a lot of different indigenous languages and dialects, also Europe. I’m focusing on the principal languages
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There used to be a ton of languages in the Americas. The Native Americans were not one ubiquitous culture, they each had their own languages and dialects, much like the European nations. The difference is that their cutlures have been largely destroyed and replaced by that of colonizers. Only a very few European countries were colonizers, therefore, there are very few languages spoken in the Americast today.
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