How did European colonists and traders communicate with the Native Americans given the fact that their languages were vastly different?

by tmessy_09
TywinDeVillena

This question has been already asked a number of times on this sub. Here is an answer I provided seven months ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/erm9fy/how_did_the_spanish_conquistadors_and_early/