拉丁美洲土著文明及其对人类文明和语言的贡献

The Original Ancient Civilization of Latin America and Its Contribution to Human Civilization and Language

本文首先叙述了“拉丁美洲”一词的来源,后将美洲土著文明从有记载起,由时间上按地区加以分类,重点描述了拉美的三大土著文明:玛雅(Maya)、阿斯台克(Azteca)和印加(Inca)。最后,将拉美众多的土著民族对世界文明的贡献,尤其是在语言上的贡献,用大量中西文对照的实例加以说明,并指出拉美土著文明是现代欧洲和世界文明的一个组成部分。

This paper first discusses the origin of the word Latin America, and then emphatically describes the three original civilizations of Latin America: Maya, Azteca and Inca, which are area-classified according to the time order since the record of the original civilization of Latin America was kept. Finally, the paper lists the contributions the numerous original nationalities of Latin America made to the world civilization, esp. the contribution to language, illustrated by the vast examples of Chinese and Latinism, and it indicates that the original civilization of Latin America is an integral part of modern Europe and world civilization.