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Testimony to ignorance:my mother thinks Mayans lived in India.

The Kakama wrote:Testimony to ignorance:my mother thinks Mayans lived in India.

Auch.

It's logiccaly, they were Indians after all...

I think the word Indian refers to only Natives of the United States most of the time, actually.

Yeah. That's because of Columbus thinking he was in the real India when he found the American territories, right?

"Indians" is (at list in Poland as "Indianie") word refering to all native inhabitants of both Americas. Word was created and used by the first european travelers who found South America after all.
EDIT: Vortex is right.

Taalit wrote:I think the word Indian refers to only Natives of the United States most of the time, actually.

What do you call people from India then? I don't think there is a distinction in English.

EDIT: And it totally refers to all American Indians, not just the United States ones. People just know the names of the ones in the South America.

Anteroinen wrote:

Taalit wrote:I think the word Indian refers to only Natives of the United States most of the time, actually.

What do you call people from India then? I don't think there is a distinction in English.

EDIT: And it totally refers to all American Indians, not just the United States ones. People just know the names of the ones in the South America.

In Spanish we call people from India "hindús" or "hindis", and native people from America "indios". Don't know in English. And we also refer to people from all America.

We call people from India "Hindusi", but many children thinks that right word for them is "Indianie". One big mess.