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Posted on Monday, February 17 @ 23:50:56 CST

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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.

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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

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.