Conversation so far:
What was the background of the Indigenous languages of the Americas?
various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans.
These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century.
Which language was typically spoken?
The Europeans also suppressed use of indigenous American languages.
What were the cultures like?
Several indigenous cultures of the Americas had also developed their own writing systems, the best known being the Maya script.
What year was this developed?
These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century.

Question: Did Greenland speak a certain language?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Greenland speak a certain language in the 11th century?