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The following tables list 154 indigenous American languages which are still spoken in the United States, the number of speakers, and where the speakers are located. Table 1 arranges the languages alphabetically, while Table 2 arranges them according to number of speakers.
Table 1: Indigenous Languages Spoken in the United States (by
Language)
| Speakers[2] |
Language |
Location |
| 20 |
Abnaki-Penobscot |
Maine [3] |
| 10 |
Achumawi |
California |
| 21 |
Ahtena |
Alaska |
| 256 |
Alabama |
Texas |
| 90 |
Aleut |
Alaska |
| 812 |
Apache, Jicarilla |
New Mexico |
| 18 |
Apache, Kiowa |
Oklahoma |
| 10 |
Apache, Lipan |
New Mexico |
| 1,800 |
Apache,
Mescalero-Chiricahua |
New Mexico |
| 12,693 |
Apache, Western |
Arizona |
| 1,038 |
Arapaho |
Wyoming; Oklahoma |
| 90 |
Arikara |
North Dakota |
| 150 |
Assiniboine |
Montana [3] |
| 4 |
Atsugewi |
California |
| 1,062 |
Blackfoot |
Montana [5] |
| 141 |
Caddo |
Oklahoma |
| 35 |
Cahuilla |
California |
| 5 |
Chehalis, Lower |
Washington |
| 2 |
Chehalis, Upper |
Washington |
| 11,905 |
Cherokee |
Oklahoma; North
Carolina |
| 5 |
Chetco |
Oregon |
| 1,721 |
Cheyenne |
Montana |
| 1,000 |
Chickasaw |
Oklahoma |
| 17 |
Chinook Wawa |
Oregon |
| 17,890 |
Choctaw |
Oklahoma |
| 5 |
Clallam |
Washington |
| 321 |
Cocopa |
Arizona [6] |
| 40 |
Coeur D'Alene |
Idaho |
| 39 |
Columbia-Wenatchi |
Washington |
| 854 |
Comanche |
Oklahoma |
| 1 |
Coos |
Oregon |
| 2 |
Cowlitz |
Washington |
| 1,070 |
Cree, Western |
Montana [5] |
| 4,280 |
Crow |
Montana |
| 9 |
Cupeno |
California |
| 20,355 |
Dakota |
Nebraska; Minnesota;
North Dakota; South Dakota; Montana [3] |
| 40 |
Degexit'an |
Alaska |
| 1 |
Eyak |
Alaska |
| 10 |
Gros Ventre |
Montana |
| 365 |
Gwich'in |
Alaska |
| 138 |
Haida |
Alaska |
| 7 |
Han |
Alaska |
| 1,007 |
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai |
Arizona |
| 1,000 |
Hawaiian |
Hawaii |
| 100 |
Hidatsa |
North Dakota |
| 250 |
Hocak/Winnebago |
Nebraska |
| 12 |
Holikachuk |
Alaska |
| 5,264 |
Hopi |
Arizona; Utah; New
Mexico |
| 8 |
Hupa |
California |
| 3,500 |
Inuktitut, North
Alaskan |
Alaska |
| 4,000 |
Inuktitut, Northwest
Alaska |
Alaska |
| 1,301 |
Jemez |
New Mexico |
| 1 |
Kalapuya |
Oregon |
| 200 |
Kalispel-Pend
Dóreille |
Montana |
| 19 |
Kansa |
Oklahoma |
| 126 |
Karok |
California |
| 50 |
Kashaya |
California |
| 10 |
Kato |
California |
| 10 |
Kawaiisu |
California |
| 4,580 |
Keres, Eastern |
New Mexico |
| 3,390 |
Keres, Western |
New Mexico |
| 539 |
Kikapoo |
Kansas; Oklahoma;
Texas [7] |
| 1,092 |
Kiowa |
Oklahoma |
| 88 |
Klamath-Modoc |
Oregon |
| 600 |
Koasati |
Louisiana; Texas |
| 300 |
Koyukon |
Alaska |
| 97 |
Kumiai |
California [6] |
| 40 |
Kuskokwim, Upper |
Alaska |
| 102 |
Kutenai |
Idaho; Montana [5] |
| 6,000 |
Lakota |
Nebraska; Minnesota;
North Dakota; South Dakota; Montana |
| 43 |
Luiseno |
California |
| 60 |
Lushootseed |
Washington |
| 10 |
Maidu, Northwest |
California |
| *10 |
Makah |
Washington |
| 887 |
Malecite-Passamaquoddy |
Maine [5] |
| 6 |
Mandan |
North Dakota |
| 181 |
Maricopa |
Arizona |
| 39 |
Menomini |
Wisconsin |
| 800 |
Mesquakie |
Iowa; Oklahoma;
Kansas; Nebraska |
| 2,100 |
Micmac |
Boston; New York City
[5] |
| 496 |
Mikasuki |
Florida |
| 5 |
Miwok, Central Sierra |
California |
| 1 |
Miwok, Coast |
California |
| 8 |
Miwok, Lake |
California |
| 10 |
Miwok, Northern
Sierra |
California |
| 1 |
Miwok, Plains |
California |
| 10 |
Miwok, Southern
Sierra |
California |
| 234 |
Mohave |
Arizona |
| 20 |
Mono |
California |
| 6,213 |
Muskogee |
Oklahoma; Alabama;
Florida |
| 148,530 |
Navajo |
Arizona; Utah; New
Mexico; Utah |
| 697 |
Nez Perce |
Idaho |
| 12 |
Nisenan |
California |
| 8,000 |
Ojibwa, Eastern |
Michigan [3] |
| 35,000 |
Ojibwa, Western |
Montana; Lake
Superior; North Dakota [3] |
| 112 |
Okangan |
Washington |
| 85 |
Omaha-Ponca |
Nebraska; Oklahoma |
| 50 |
Oneida |
New York; Wisconsin |
| 15 |
Onondaga |
New York |
| 5 |
Osage |
Oklahoma |
| 2,000 |
Paiute, Northern |
Nevada; Oregon;
California; Idaho |
| 20 |
Panamint |
California |
| 11,819 |
Papago-Pima |
Arizona [7] |
| 4 |
Pawnee |
Oklahoma |
| 40 |
Pomo, Central |
California |
| 1 |
Pomo, Northeastern |
California |
| 10 |
Pomo, Southeastern |
California |
| 40 |
Pomo, Southern |
California |
| 50 |
Potawatomi |
Michigan; Wisconsin;
Kansas; Oklahoma |
| 34 |
Quapaw |
Oklahoma |
| 343 |
Quechan |
California |
| 6 |
Quinault |
Washington |
| 107 |
Salish, Southern
Puget Sound |
Washington |
| 30 |
Salish, Straits |
Washington [3] |
| 200 |
Seneca |
New York; Oklahoma |
| 1 |
Serrano |
California |
| 12 |
Shasta |
California |
| 234 |
Shawnee |
Oklahoma |
| 2,284 |
Shoshoni |
Nevada; Idaho;
Wyoming |
| 100 |
Skagit |
Washington |
| 10 |
Snohomish |
Washington |
| 50 |
Spokane |
Washington |
| 65 |
Tanacross |
Alaska |
| 75 |
Tanaina |
Alaska |
| 30 |
Tanana, Lower |
Alaska |
| 115 |
Tanana, Upper |
Alaska |
| 200 |
Tenino |
Oregon |
| 1,300 |
Tewa |
New Mexico; Arizona |
| 927 |
Tiwa, Northern |
New Mexico |
| 1,631 |
Tiwa, Southern |
New Mexico |
| 775 |
Tlingit |
Alaska |
| 5 |
Tolowa |
Oregon |
| 113 |
Tsimshian |
Alaska [5] |
| 6 |
Tubatulabal |
California |
| 10 |
Tututni |
Oregon |
| 50 |
Umatilla |
Oregon |
| 5 |
Unami |
Oklahoma; New Jersey;
Delaware |
| 1,984 |
Ute-Southern Paiute |
Colorado; Utah;
Arizona; Nevada; California |
| 100 |
Walla Walla |
Oregon |
| 69 |
Wasco-Wishram |
Oregon; Washington |
| 10 |
Washo |
California; Nevada |
| 10 |
Wichita |
Oklahoma |
| 10 |
Wintu |
California |
| 3,000 |
Yakima |
Washington |
| 406 |
Yaqui |
Arizona [6] |
| 78 |
Yokuts |
California |
| 12 |
Yuchi |
Oklahoma |
| 6 |
Yuki |
California |
| 10,000 |
Yupik, Central |
Alaska |
| 1,100 |
Yupik, Central
Siberian |
Alaska [8] |
| 400 |
Yupik, Pacific Gulf |
Alaska |
| 10 |
Yurok |
California |
| 6,413 |
Zuni |
New Mexico |
| 361,978 |
TOTAL |
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Source: Adapted from B. Grimes (1996). Ethnologue: Languages of the
world. Dallas: SIL International. Updated February 1999 at www.sil.org/ethnologue.
Table 2: Arranged by Number of Speakers
Note: *The oldest Makah tribal member and the last person fully fluent in the Makah language, died at her home Monday, August 21, 2002, at age 100.
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