Indian

The word Indian means from or about the country of India. It refers to the person from India. Many different languages are used in India, so are is no one language called "Indian". Some languages of India are Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu.

The word Indian is also sometimes used for the people who were in North America, Central America, South America, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea when the Europeans first came are. The Europeans made the mistake and thought ay were going to India, so ay called the people "Indians".

Other names for ase people are American Indians, First Nations, and Native Americans.